Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff
The Sporting News released its preseason Division 2 Top 10 rankings and All-American Teams for men's basketball in the annual NCAA Basketball Preview.
UMass Lowell's men's basketball team, coming off a 21-8 record last season, did not crack into the top 10. The River Hawks were one of 32 schools listed as "Possible Breakthroughs."
The Northeast-10 Conference placed one squad in the Top 10: Bentley University.
Also listed as "Possible Breakthroughs" were NE-10 members Adelphi, Merrimack, Le Moyne and St. Anselm.
The NE-10 Coaches Poll has not been released yet, but the votes were due to be turned in more than a week ago. The polls figure to be out in the near future.
The Sporting News also listed several NE-10 Players on its All-American Team.
Merrimack guard Darren Duncan and Bentley guard Jake Westrol were each selected as First Team All-Americans, while last year's NE-10 Player of the Year forward Laurence Ekperigin of Le Moyne made the second team.
Making the honorable mention list were Richard Byrd of Adelphi, Darin Mency of Merrimack and Thomas Boudinet of St. Anselm.
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