KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Florida Southern College men's basketball team will begin the 2021-22 season ranked 23
rd in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Preseason Coaches Poll announced yesterday.
Returning nine players from last year's team, the Mocs look forward to having a full schedule. "We are very excited for the upcoming season," says head coach
Mike Donnelly. "Our goal right now is to just make sure we are focused and prepared every day in practice…we have spent the majority of our time this preseason working on our defensive execution, so I do expect our defense to be ahead of our offense when we start the season on Nov. 12
th."
Nova Southeastern, ranked 13
th in the NABC poll, is the only other Sunshine State Conference representative in the national rankings. Last year, the Mocs were ranked 4
th in the nation to begin the 2020-21 season according to the NABC Preseason Poll.
Florida Southern opens the 2021-22 season by participating in the SSC/Gulf South Challenge at Eckerd on November 12-13
th. The first home game for the Mocs is November 23
rd to face USC Aiken.
NABC COACHES POLL – PRESEASON POLL
|
|
Record |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Northwest Missouri State |
28-2 |
397 |
4 |
| 2 |
Flagler (Fla.) |
18-3 |
349 |
8 |
| 3 |
West Texas A&M |
19-3 |
317 |
5 |
| 4 |
Colorado Mesa |
21-2 |
299 |
1 |
| 5 |
Colorado School of Mines |
18-3 |
281 |
6 |
| 6 |
Truman State (Mo.) |
20-3 |
258 |
7 |
| 7 |
Hillsdale (Mich.) |
21-3 |
214 |
9 |
| 8 |
St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) |
14-2 |
212 |
11 |
| 9 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
18-3 |
203 |
10 |
| 10 |
Valdosta State (Ga.) |
17-5 |
199 |
14 |
| 11 |
Washburn (Kan.) |
20-7 |
191 |
17 |
| 12 |
Mercyhurst (Pa.) |
12-1 |
177 |
3 |
| 13 |
Nova Southeastern (Fla.) |
23-6* |
168 |
NR |
| 14 |
West Liberty (W.Va.) |
18-5 |
165 |
18 |
| 15 |
Northern State (S.D.) |
19-2 |
148 |
2 |
| 16 |
Queens (N.C.) |
16-6 |
157 |
22 |
| 17 |
Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) |
19-4 |
149 |
13 |
| 18 |
Indiana (Pa.) |
28-2** |
123 |
NR |
| 19 |
Dallas Baptist |
17-5 |
120 |
16 |
| 20 |
Alabama Huntsville |
15-4 |
98 |
12 |
| 21 |
Seattle Pacific (Wash.) |
10-3 |
86 |
NR |
| 22 |
Fairmont State (W.Va.) |
15-5 |
78 |
20 |
| 23 |
Florida Southern |
7-5 |
74 |
NR |
| 24 |
Point Loma (Calif.) |
8-3 |
68 |
24 |
| 25 |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
14-4 |
62 |
15 |
Records from 2020-21 season, unless noted.
Last ranking is from poll of March 9, 2021.
*Did not play in 2020-21; record from 2019-20 season.
*Went 2-1 in 2020-21 season; listed record from 2019-20.
First place votes – Northwest Missouri State (15), Colorado Mesa (1).
Others receiving votes: MSU Moorhead (Minn.) 47, Southern Indiana 46, Oklahoma Baptist 45, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 43, Findlay (Ohio) 40, Lee (Tenn.) 35, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 35, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 28, Fayetteville State (N.C.) 26, Chico State (Calif.) 24, Cal Poly Pomona 21, Daemen (N.Y.) 19, Emmanuel (Ga.) 19, Saint Leo (Fla.) 17, Augusta (Ga.) 15, Jefferson (Pa.) 13, Angelo State (Texas) 12, Southern Arkansas 12, Stonehill (Mass.) 12, Morehouse (Ga.) 10, Hawai'i Hilo 9, Wayne State (Neb.) 9, Missouri-St. Louis 8, St. Edward's (Texas) 8, Ashland (Ohio) 7, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 7, Georgia Southwestern 6, Missouri Western 6, Adelphi (N.Y.) 5, Arkansas Monticello 5, Augustana (S.D.) 5, Texas A&M-Kingsville 5, Cal State San Bernardino 4, West Georgia 4, Barry (Fla.) 1, Miles (Ala.) 1.
