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 |
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.
