NEW LONDON, N.H. – November 5, 2019 – The Colby-Sawyer College men's basketball team has been chosen to finish seventh in the 2019-20 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Basketball Preseason Poll.
Colby-Sawyer earned 76 points in this year's poll. The team finished fifth in the standings a season ago with a 7-4 record.
Albertus Magnus, the reigning GNAC champion, was tabbed to repeat after claiming eight of the 12 first-place votes for a total of 139 points. Saint Joseph (Conn.) was picked second with 129 points and three first-place votes, after falling to Albertus Magnus in last year's championship.
Voting for the preseason poll was conducted among the league's head men's basketball coaches. Full GNAC Release >
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2019-20 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
| Place |
Team |
Points |
1st Place |
| 1. |
Albertus Magnus |
139 |
8 |
| 2. |
Saint Joseph (Conn.) |
129 |
3 |
| 3. |
Johnson & Wales |
117 |
|
| 4. |
Suffolk |
111 |
1 |
| 5. |
Emmanuel |
96 |
|
| 6. |
Saint Joseph's (Maine) |
82 |
|
| 7. |
Colby-Sawyer |
76 |
|
| 8. |
Lasell |
61 |
|
| 9. |
Regis |
52 |
|
| 10. |
Anna Maria |
31 |
|
| 11. |
Norwich |
26 |
|
| 12. |
Rivier |
16 |
|
Colby-Sawyer went 13-13 overall and reached the conference quarterfinals in its first season with the GNAC.
Bill Foti enters his 28th season at the helm of a Chargers team that returns its top two scorers from a season ago. Senior
Patrick Coffey (Westford, Mass.) led the team with 18.3 points per game and shot 47.4% from the floor and 39.7% from beyond the arc. He was named to the All-GNAC Third. Senior
Dana Bean (Franklin, N.H.) earned a nod to the All-GNAC First Team last year. He was one of the league's most efficient scorers, shooting 58.5% overall for 17.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in 29.7 minutes per game.
The Chargers will begin a 25-game slate at home on November 9 against Saint Joseph's (Maine), which will be a non-conference game. The team then heads on the road for four straight games before returning home for a pair. The first semester will wrap up on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at NVU-Lyndon. Colby-Sawyer will open the new year against NCAA Tournament participant Middlebury at a two-day tournament hosted by Springfield College. The GNAC schedule commences on Jan. 18 at the reigning conference champion Albertus Magnus. A four-game homestand will start on Jan. 25 against GNAC foe Johnson & Wales. The Chargers will conclude the regular season with conference road games at Regis and Saint Joseph (Conn.).
The GNAC postseason tournament is scheduled to begin on Feb. 25.
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