C-N listed as “under consideration” in first men’s basketball region rankings
INDIANAPOLIS – Carson-Newman's men's basketball program has been listed as one of 10 teams receiving consideration for the NCAA tournament.
INDIANAPOLIS – Carson-Newman's men's basketball program has been listed as one of 10 teams receiving consideration for the NCAA tournament.
The alphabetical listing is the first of three region rankings that the NCAA publicizes leading up to the NCAA tournament. The rankings, which move to 1-10 next week, are the official poll utilized by the NCAA in the championship selection process and will continue to be released each week by the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee up to the NCAA Championship selections.
The field for the Southeast Region is comprised of the conference tournament champions from the South Atlantic Conference, Conference Carolinas and the Peach Belt Conference, as well as the top five teams in the region rankings who aren't tournament champions.
C-N is one of six South Atlantic Conference schools listed – Anderson, Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial and UVA Wise are the others.
The PeachBelt is represented by Columbus State, Lander, North Georgia and USC Beaufort. No one from Conference Carolinas is ranked.
Carson-Newman has the 10th-best RPI in the region. C-N has a .551 mark for that category, trailing ninth-place LMU with a .572 tally. The Eagles have the 36th-best KPI in the nation, which equates to the eighth-highest in the region.
C-N's .551 strength of schedule is fourth-highest among the teams under consideration.
Carson-Newman takes on Emory & Henry Wednesday night in Holt Fieldhouse at 7:30 p.m. Pregame coverage on the Eagle Sports Network begins at 7:15 with the AEC Countdown to Tipoff on Mix 105.5 (WSEV-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live. A video stream can be accessed with a subscription to FloSports at cneagles.com/FloMbb.
| SOUTHEAST | |||
| Anderson (South Carolina) | 21-2 | 21-2 | |
| Carson Newman | 14-9 | 14-9 | |
| Catawba | 18-6 | 18-6 | |
| Columbus State | 16-7 | 16-7 | |
| Lander | 17-5 | 17-5 | |
| Lenoir-Rhyne | 20-6 | 20-4 | |
| Lincoln Memorial | 15-9 | 15-9 | |
| North Georgia | 16-6 | 16-6 | |
| USC Beaufort | 17-7 | 17-7 | |
| Virginia at Wise | 18-7 | 18-6 |
