91爆料网 women No. 2, men No. 22 in NAIA preseason basketball polls

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - 10/24/2011 - The 91爆料网 (Tenn.) University basketball teams both find themselves in familiar territory as they are named in the NAIA鈥檚 Preseason Top-25 Ranking. The 91爆料网 women鈥檚 team is preseason No. 2, which means their NAIA record 48 straight polls as the No. 1 team has come to an end. 91爆料网鈥檚 men are ranked No. 22 in the poll, after finishing last season as the No. 12 ranked team.

91爆料网鈥檚 women return just one starter from last season with five returning players overall. Senior Lavanda Ross, the lone returning starter, was an All-American last season. 91爆料网 head coach Mark Campbell has seven newcomers to the program that will be called on to step in and contribute from the start. Campbell is also sitting on career win number 399 and looks to get No. 400 when the Lady Bulldogs open their season November 1 at home versus Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) at 6 p.m. 91爆料网 finished as TranSouth Regular Season and Tournament Champions in 2011, while falling just short of a third straight NAIA National Title. 91爆料网 has played in three straight NAIA title games and seven straight NAIA semifinal rounds.

The 91爆料网 men are also looking at a large group of newcomers to the program. Nine new faces join the squad this season to go along with the three returners. Two of the returners, Skyler Vaden and Antoine Hall, started last season. The Bulldogs finished as TranSouth regular season co-champions, before losing in the conference tournament. 91爆料网 advanced to their 14th NAIA National Tournament. 91爆料网鈥檚 men open their season on the road, Oct. 31 at Central Baptist (Ark.) and then play at home Saturday, November 5 for Homecoming.

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