Men's basketball tabbed for 7th place in pre-season poll

The Fontbonne University men's basketball team has been picked to finish in seventh place in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) according to the coaches pre-season poll.  Spalding University was tabbed as the pre-season favorite to win the conference.

The Griffins finished 4-20 last season with a 3-13 SLIAC record, but second-year head coach Steve Schafer has brought in a wealth of new faces into the program for the 2012-2013 season. Fontbonne also returns guard Greg Gentry and Andrew Chism whom both average nearly 10 points a game last season.

Fontbonne will play an exhibition game tomorrow night (Nov.14th) at Tennessee-Martin before opening its regular season schedule on the road against Central College on November 17th at 3:00 pm.

Below is the entire SLIAC Pre-Season Coaches Poll:

2012-13 SLIAC Men's Basketball
Pre-Season Coaches' Poll
1 - Spalding (4)
2 - Eureka (1)
3 - Westminster (2)
4 - MacMurray
5 - Webster
6 - Greenville (1)
7 - Fontbonne
8 - Blackburn
9 - Principia