Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Siena ranked No. 29 by SI

The Siena men's basketball team was picked 29th by Sports Illustrated in their preseason men's basketball poll.

It is the highest Sports Illustrated has ranked the Saints since the preseason poll in 1999-2000 listed Siena 26th.

Sports Illustrated picked the Top 20 and then gave 21 through 65 as they filled out their brackets, by picking the winners of each conference.

This is what they said about Siena...

Up-tempo Saints, paced by guard Kenny Hasbrouck, the league tournament MVP, prep for return to NCAAs with tune-ups against Tennessee, Pitt and Kansas.

Here is the two teams ahead and behind Siena.

27. Florida - Sophomore Nick Calathes, one of two players in the nation to average more than 15 points, five boards and six assists, headlines roster of 11 underclassmen.

28. UNLV - Star guard Wink Adams will be joined by Memphis transfer Tre'Von Willis, who averaged 15.2 points and led Runnin' Rebs in assists on summer tour Down Under.

29. Siena

30. Syracuse - Guards Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins return from injury to help relieve sophomore Jonny Flynn, who averaged 39.2 minutes in league play.

31. Temple - Oh Come Owl Ye Faithful: Dionte Christmas, two-time A-10 scoring champ, will help deliver second straight tournament bid to coach Fran Dunphy.

For the record, Sports Illustrated has North Carolina has the No. 1 team.

You can see the rest of the article here...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/11/11/best.of.the.rest/index.html?eref=T1

In Joe Lunardi's Bracketology, Siena is a 12-seed in the West Region, playing 4-seed Georgetown.

We could see that matchup much earlier.

If the Saints and Hoyas both win in the first games at the Old Spice Clasic on Thanksgiving, they will meet in the second round.

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