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The men's basketball head coaches from the Southern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference have tabbed Rochester Community & Technical College as the team to beat when the MCAC season gets underway later this month.
Rochester picked up five of a possible eight first-place nods, with Riverland grabbing two and Anoka-Ramsey also netting one first-place mention. Overall, the Yellowjackets and Blue Devils were separated by just two points in the overall voting, as were third-place St. Cloud Technical & Community College and the fourth-pick Golden Rams. The top four reflected a highly competitive 2018-19 campaign in which final standings came down to the final Divisional game of the year, an overtime contest between Riverland and SCTCC, won by the Blue Devils 99-92.
Riverland is also mentioned in the 2019-20 NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Season Poll, where they are "Receiving Votes"; view more at @NJCAABasketball.
Rounding out the poll places were Ridgewater and Minnesota West who tied at #5, with Minnesota State-Fergus Falls at #6 and Western Technical College at #7. Stay posted for MCAC Men's and Women's Basketball 2019-20 Season Previews available later this week, as well as coaches polls in the other three MCAC Divisions.
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2019-20 MCAC Men's Basketball Coaches Poll Southern Division |
| #1) Rochester Community & Technical College (5) |
| #2) Riverland Community College (2) |
| #3) St. Cloud Technical & Community College |
| #4) Anoka-Ramsey Community & Technical College (1) |
| T- #5) Minnesota West CTC |
| T- #5) Ridgewater College |
| #6) Minnesota State-Fergus Falls |
| #7) Western Technical College |
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