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MBB | Gaels Ranked No. 20 To Begin The Season
10/21/2019 12:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Saint Mary's was listed at No. 20 in the AP's preseason rankings on Monday morning.
MORAGA, Calif. — For the third time in the past four years, Saint Mary's will open their season within the Associated Press' top-25 as they were announced at No. 20 this morning in the preseason rankings.
The Gaels have been mentioned in several publications' preseason rankings already this offseason as they return four starters and nearly 90 percent of their scoring from 2018-19. SMC's core members of Jordan Ford, Malik Fitts, Tanner Krebs, and Tommy Kuhse are all redshirt juniors or older and the team boasts eight total upperclassmen.
Saint Mary's was most recently ranked in the final round of voting during the 2017-18 season where they finished at No. 25. Randy Bennett's team achieved the program's highest ever AP-ranking that year when they reached No. 11 during the first week of February.
Currently, the Gaels will play two other teams listed in the preseason rankings in No. 17 Utah State and No. 8 Gonzaga. The Aggies will come to McKeon Pavilion on Nov. 29 while the Gaels and Zags will meet twice in the new year: Feb. 8 in Moraga and Feb. 29 in Spokane for the final game of the regular season.
A limited amount of single-game tickets are still available for purchase by calling the Ticket Office at (925) 631-4689 or by clicking here. Tickets for the Gonzaga game on Feb. 8 can only be acquired by purchasing a WCC mini-plan. Please call the Ticket Office for more information.
The full set of rankings can be found below.
PRESEASON AP TOP 25 RANKINGS
1. Michigan State (60)
2. Kentucky (2)
3. Kansas (3)
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Maryland
8. Gonzaga
9. North Carolina
10. Villanova
11. Virginia
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary's
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU
The Gaels have been mentioned in several publications' preseason rankings already this offseason as they return four starters and nearly 90 percent of their scoring from 2018-19. SMC's core members of Jordan Ford, Malik Fitts, Tanner Krebs, and Tommy Kuhse are all redshirt juniors or older and the team boasts eight total upperclassmen.
Saint Mary's was most recently ranked in the final round of voting during the 2017-18 season where they finished at No. 25. Randy Bennett's team achieved the program's highest ever AP-ranking that year when they reached No. 11 during the first week of February.
Currently, the Gaels will play two other teams listed in the preseason rankings in No. 17 Utah State and No. 8 Gonzaga. The Aggies will come to McKeon Pavilion on Nov. 29 while the Gaels and Zags will meet twice in the new year: Feb. 8 in Moraga and Feb. 29 in Spokane for the final game of the regular season.
A limited amount of single-game tickets are still available for purchase by calling the Ticket Office at (925) 631-4689 or by clicking here. Tickets for the Gonzaga game on Feb. 8 can only be acquired by purchasing a WCC mini-plan. Please call the Ticket Office for more information.
The full set of rankings can be found below.
PRESEASON AP TOP 25 RANKINGS
1. Michigan State (60)
2. Kentucky (2)
3. Kansas (3)
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Maryland
8. Gonzaga
9. North Carolina
10. Villanova
11. Virginia
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary's
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU
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