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Pilots open 2006-2007 season with No. 7 pre-season ranking

November 01, 2006

 

Shreveport, LA---The LSUS Pilots were selected as the No. 7 team in the NAIA Pre-Season polls after finishing the 2005-2006 season with a 28-4 overall record, which was the 3rd highest winning percentage (0.875) in NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball. The Pilots have geared their focus to once again earn the top spot among the NAIA’s elite, and will begin their journey Friday, November 3, when they travel to Dallas, TX to take on the Paul Quinn College Tigers in their ’06-07 season opener.

DI Men's Basketball
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Preseason Rating

November 1, 2006

Rank

2006 Final

Institution

1st Place Votes

2006 Final
Record

Total Points

1

3

Robert Morris (Ill.)

5

31-4

322

2

7

Oklahoma City

5

29-8

316

3

6

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

30-6

298

4

1

Mountain State (W.Va.)

29-3

291

5

5

Union (Tenn.)

28-6

280

6

23

Texas Wesleyan

1

25-9

276

7

2

LSU-Shreveport (La.)

28-4

275

8

11

Georgetown (Ky.)

26-8

267

9

12

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

24-10

218

10

NR

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

18-12

213

11

NR

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)

18-11

191

12

NR

Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)

23-11

186

13

18

Westminster (Utah)

23-8

185

14

16

Spring Hill (Ala.)

22-9

177

15

8

Houston Baptist (Texas)

27-6

174

16

NR

Illinois-Springfield

20-13

171

17

9

Oklahoma Baptist

30-6

170

18

15

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

23-11

120

19

NR

Crichton (Tenn.)

18-12

116

20

19

Voorhees (S.C.)

26-4

106

21

22

Campbellsville (Ky.)

27-6

103

22

14

San Diego Christian (Calif.)

22-10

92

23

NR

Faulkner (Ala.)

14-12

91

24

23

Mobile (Ala.)

22-8

84

25

NR

Oklahoma Christian

22-11

80

Others Receiving Votes:
McKendree (Ill.), 55; Rocky Mountain (Mont.), 47; Lambuth (Tenn.), 42; Cumberlands (Ky.), 34; Lee (Tenn.), 27; Concordia (Calif.), 20; Carroll (Mont.), 15; Langston (Okla.), 14; Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), 13; Wayland Baptist (Texas), 12; Missouri Baptist, 9; St. Xavier (Ill.), 9; Biola (Calif.), 7; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 3; Lyon (Ark.), 3; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 2; Brescia (Ky.), 1.