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Men’s Basketball Picked Second in SoCon Media Poll
11/10/2009 2:29:43 PM | Men's Basketball
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference Sports Media Association has picked the Davidson men's basketball team second in the South Division in its preseason poll, announced today.
The league's media tabbed College of Charleston (South) and Western Carolina (North) as the favorites to capture the conference's divisional men's basketball titles in 2009-10.
College of Charleston picked up 21 of 24 first-place votes and was the choice to win the South Division with 140 points. Davidson came in second with 107 points, earning one first-place vote. Wofford was tabbed third with 87 points, while The Citadel was close behind with 84 points, including two first-place votes. Georgia Southern (49) was picked fifth with Furman (35) slotted sixth.
In the North Division, Western Carolina earned 16 first-place votes and a total of 129 points. The Catamounts were followed by Appalachian State (109), which received five first-place votes. Samford (88) was tabbed third, narrowly edging Chattanooga (84), which picked up two first-place votes. Elon (51) was slotted fifth while UNC Greensboro (43) was sixth and earned the final first-place vote in the division.
Davidson returns 10 letterwinners and two starters from last year's team, which posted a 27-8 record and made a postseason appearance for the fifth straight campaign, advancing to the NIT second round.
The Wildcats open the campaign at No. 11/10 Butler Saturday at 2 p.m. The game can be seen live locally on WJZY-TV?46.
The league's media tabbed College of Charleston (South) and Western Carolina (North) as the favorites to capture the conference's divisional men's basketball titles in 2009-10.
College of Charleston picked up 21 of 24 first-place votes and was the choice to win the South Division with 140 points. Davidson came in second with 107 points, earning one first-place vote. Wofford was tabbed third with 87 points, while The Citadel was close behind with 84 points, including two first-place votes. Georgia Southern (49) was picked fifth with Furman (35) slotted sixth.
In the North Division, Western Carolina earned 16 first-place votes and a total of 129 points. The Catamounts were followed by Appalachian State (109), which received five first-place votes. Samford (88) was tabbed third, narrowly edging Chattanooga (84), which picked up two first-place votes. Elon (51) was slotted fifth while UNC Greensboro (43) was sixth and earned the final first-place vote in the division.
Davidson returns 10 letterwinners and two starters from last year's team, which posted a 27-8 record and made a postseason appearance for the fifth straight campaign, advancing to the NIT second round.
The Wildcats open the campaign at No. 11/10 Butler Saturday at 2 p.m. The game can be seen live locally on WJZY-TV?46.
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