MORAVIAN MEN’S BASKETBALL SQUAD SELECTED SEVENTH IN LANDMARK CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL

MADISON, N.J. --- The 2008-09 Moravian College men’s basketball team has been picked seventh in the Landmark Conference season in a preseason poll selected by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.

The University of Scranton was picked first in the poll with 78 points while the United States Merchant Marine Academy is second with 69 points. Susquehanna University and The Catholic University of America hold the third and fourth spots with 61 and 48 points respectively while Juniata College holds down the fifth spot with 45 points.  Goucher College is sixth with 43 points while the Greyhounds are seventh with 35 points.  Drew University rounds out the poll with 14 points.

The 2008-09 Moravian men’s basketball team looks to continue to improve after last season’s team made it to the first round of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. The Greyhounds are also looking to win their first-ever Landmark Conference Championship going into this season. Head coach Jim Walker, who enters his 29th season, has seven letterwinners returning but only one starter back from last year’s 18-9 squad.

The Greyhounds begin their 2008-09 season against Lebanon Valley College on Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 p.m. in Johnston Hall before a trip to Baltimore to compete in the Johns Hopkins University Tournament. The Greyhounds begin the Landmark Conference season on Saturday, December 6th with a home game against Scranton at 7:00 p.m.  The top four teams in the regular season will advance to the postseason tournament which begins on February 25th. 

2008-09 Landmark Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll