FERRIS STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL RANKED NATIONALLY
Bulldogs Listed 18th In NABC Division II Preseason National Poll
 | Senior guard Antwuan Holt and his Ferris State teammates are listed 18th in the preseason national rankings |
The Ferris State University men's basketball team is ranked 18th overall in the 2005-06 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)/Division II Preseason Top 25 Poll, which was announced last week (Nov. 8).
Tarleton State (Texas) holds the top position in the preseason rankings followed by Virginia Union, Montavello (Ala.), Western Washington and Bentley (Mass.) in the top five. Ferris received 49 points in this week's poll, which is conducted by the NABC Division II Congress with a member from each of the eight Division II regions included.
Fellow Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) member Findlay is seventh in the national poll with regional foe Southern Indiana listed ninth. League members Grand Valley State, Gannon and Ashland are also listed in the others receiving votes category.
Ferris State capped off a banner 2004-05 season with a runner-up finish in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Tournament (March 12-15) held in Findlay, Ohio. FSU reached the regional championship game for only the third time in school history last season. The Bulldogs, who won their second-straight GLIAC North Division Championship with a 13-5 league mark last campaign, concluded the year with a 24-7 overall record and fell one game shy of advancing to the NCAA-II Elite Eight for the second time ever. FSU's 24 victories represented the third-most wins in school history.
Ferris was ranked 23rd in last season's final (March 8) NABC Division II Regular-Season National Poll. Last season marked Ferris State's first appearance in the national rankings since holding down the number one spot in the final poll of the 1988-89 season on March 6, 1989. This year's preseason national listing represents the 20th time the program has been ranked in the Division II poll.
The Bulldogs will officially open their 78th season of varsity competition against Saint Joseph's Tuesday, Nov. 15, beginning at 8 p.m. (EST) in Rensselaer, Ind.
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