Men's Basketball receives votes in D3hoops.com preseason poll
By Tim Glon
| 2018-19 D3hoops.com Preseason Poll |
ADA – Ohio Northern received two votes in the D3hoops.com Preseason Men's Basketball poll on Thursday.
The Polar Bears, under third-year head coach Rich Bensman, return 10 lettermen and two starters from last year's squad that went 19-9 overall and finished third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 12-6 record.
Nebraska Wesleyan is atop the poll with 624 points and 24 first place votes, Wisconsin-Oshkosh is second with 567 points and Augustana (Ill.) is third with 539 points and the final first place vote.
The Polar Bears will open their 2018-19 season on Nov. 12 with a home contest against Defiance at 7 p.m. at the ONU sports center.
D3hoops.com Preseason Poll
Oct. 11, 2018
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | 2018 Record |
Total Points |
2018 Final |
| 1. | Nebraska Wesleyan (24) | 30-3 | 624 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 25-8 | 567 | 2 |
| 3. | Augustana (Ill.) (1) | 25-6 | 539 | 5 |
| 4. | Whitman (Wash.) | 29-2 | 529 | 3 |
| 5. | MIT | 25-6 | 463 | 9 |
| 6. | Whitworth (Wash.) | 24-4 | 462 | 19 |
| 7. | Springfield (Mass.) | 22-9 | 431 | 4 |
| 8. | Williams (Mass.) | 23-6 | 417 | 17 |
| 9. | Hamilton (N.Y.) | 24-5 | 400 | 11 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 24-5 | 267 | 7 |
| 11. | Wittenberg | 27-3 | 266 | 10 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 21-9 | 256 | 14 |
| 13. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 25-6 | 329 | 8 |
| 14. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 24-5 | 214 | 18 |
| 15. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 24-5 | 206 | 24 |
| 16. | New Jersey City | 19-8 | 179 | NR |
| 17. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 21-7 | 166 | 16 |
| 18. | Emory (Ga.) | 23-5 | 147 | 12 |
| 19. | Illinois Wesleyan | 19-8 | 142 | NR |
| 20. | John Carroll | 25-6 | 129 | 13 |
| 21. | Wooster | 22-7 | 107 | NR |
| 22. | Maryville (Tenn.) | 22-7 | 95 | NR |
| 23. | Saint Olaf (Minn.) | 20-8 | 92 | NR |
| 24. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 16-10 | 81 | NR |
| 25. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 23-4 | 77 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Hope 76; Rochester 67; Nazareth 60; Marietta 47; Roanoke 42; Amherst 36; LeTourneau 35; Ramapo 33; Penn State-Behrend 26; Nichols 25; St. Thomas 23; Washington U. 20; Aurora 19; North Central (Ill.) 19; Loras 17; Cabrini 14; Franklin & Marshall 14; Pomona-Pitzer 11; Wesleyan 10; Montclair State 9; Eastern Connecticut 8; Christopher Newport 6; Hanover 5; Bethel 5; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3; Emory & Henry 3; Ohio Northern 2; Keene State 2; Salem State 2; Yeshiva 1.