Augusta Picked Runner Up In PBC Preseason Coaches Poll

Augusta Picked Runner Up In PBC Preseason Coaches Poll

Men's Basketball chosen second in poll of the league's head coaches

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Augusta University men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Peach Belt Conference's preseason coaches poll, released from the league office on Friday morning.  

For the first time ever, the UNC Pembroke Braves were selected as the preseason favorite to win the league. The Braves received eight of a possible 13 first-place votes to finish with 163 points in the poll, 12 ahead of the second-place Jaguars, who received three first-place votes. Defending champion Montevallo had two first-place votes and was third in the poll, North Georgia also got a first-place vote and was fourth, and Georgia Southwestern rounded out the top-five teams.

The Jaguars were tied with UNC Pembroke atop the east division last season and made their second consecutive trip and 11th all-time to the NCAA Tournament. Ranked No. 23 in the nation in the NABC poll, the Jaguars welcome back 2013-14 PBC Freshman of the Year Keshun Sherrill, who was named an All-American last season as a sophomore.

Also back are sophomore forwards Tamyrik Fields and Vlad Cobzaru and junior guards Keith Crump and Michael Graham.  Augusta will have a healthy mix of young talent with seven freshmen on the 2015-16 roster.

The Augusta University men's and women's basketball teams will see their first on-court action of the 2015-16 season on Sunday, Nov. 1 with an exhibition doubleheader with the All-Army teams inside Christenberry Fieldhouse. The women play against the All-Army women's team at 2:00 p.m. and the men follow at 4:00 p.m.

The preseason coaches poll is below. Teams were given 13 points for a first-place vote, 12 for a second and so on. Coaches were not permitted to rank their own teams.

To check out the full PBC press release click here

 

Rank

Team

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

13th

Total

1.

UNC Pembroke

8

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

163

2.

Augusta University

3

5

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

151

3.

Montevallo

2

0

9

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

144

4.

North Georgia

1

5

1

1

0

3

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

128

5.

Georgia Southwestern

0

0

1

5

4

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

115

6.

Columbus State

0

0

0

3

2

1

2

3

2

0

0

0

0

98

t7.

USC Aiken

0

0

0

0

1

3

3

0

4

1

1

0

0

81

t7.

Young Harris

0

0

0

0

2

3

1

2

3

1

0

0

1

81

9.

Clayton State

0

0

0

0

1

3

1

3

1

1

2

0

1

74

t10.

Flagler

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

1

1

1

1

4

0

65

t10.

Francis Marion

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

2

2

3

2

1

0

65

12.

Lander

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

3

5

3

50

13.

Armstrong State

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

5

3

33

14.

Georgia College

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

3

7

26

 

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