D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25 Poll
The 2018-19 Emory men's basketball program finds itself ranked among the top D-III teams in a preseason poll that was released on Friday.
The Eagles are slotted in the No. 18 position in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25 Poll with 147 points. Emory is the lone school from the University Athletic Association to have garnered preseason recognition. Emory concluded last year ranked 12th in the D3hoops.com Poll. Nebraska Wesleyan, the 2018 D-III national champion, holds down the top spot with 24 of 25 first-place votes and 624 points. UW-Oshkosh is second with 567 points while Augustana (539 pts.) and Whitman (529 pts.) are third and fourth, respectively. MIT rounds out the top five with 463 points.
Emory head coach Jason Zimmerman enters his 12th season at the helm of the Eagles' program with 10 returning veterans from last year's squad that fashioned an overall record of 23-5 and earned the program's sixth straight bid to the NCAA Tournament, where it advanced to the Round of 16 for the fourth time in five years. The Eagles finished second in the UAA with a 12-2 ledger.
The Eagles do return senior guard Gebereal Baitey, a starter in all 28 games last season and owner of an 11.0 points per-game scoring average. He is the returning team leader in terms of minutes played (29.7 mpg) and wound up 2017-18 as the club leader with 43 steals. Sophomore guard Romin Williams was selected as both Second Team All-UAA and UAA Rookie of the Year after tossing in a team-high 15.1 points per game while knocking down a team-leading 64 three-point field goals. Senior Beau Bommarito (7.2 ppg) is back in the fold as another starter while sophomore forward Matt Davet is coming off a productive rookie season that saw him produce 8.4 points and 3.1 boards per contest. In addition, Emory will look forward to the return of senior Spencer Osborne and sophomore Matt Schner, both of whom missed last season with injuries.
Emory is scheduled to open the season at Piedmont College on Sunday, November 11.
Emory Men's Basketball Ranked In D3hoops.com Preseason Poll
Posted: Oct 12, 2018