After a third-place finish in the SCAC Gold Division last winter, the Colorado College Men's Basketball program has been picked to finish fourth in the league's preseason coaches' poll.
Colorado College ranks fourth in the preseason poll earning 56 points as Head Coach
Jeff Conarroe's Tigers (12-14, 10-6 SCAC) made the SCAC Quarterfinals a year ago but will enter 2026-27 without All-SCAC First Team honoree
Asher Nofziger. Nofziger led the team in points and rebounds the last two seasons.
There are many new faces in the locker room for the Tiger men's hoops squad, as the roster includes nine freshmen players, which is over half of the seventeen-player total on the team.
The Tigers will begin their season at UC-Santa Cruz on Thursday, November 19
th.
2026-27 SCAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points) |
| 1. |
University of St. Thomas (Tex.) (9) |
81 |
| 2. |
Concordia University (Tex.) (1) |
72 |
| 3. |
LeTourneau University |
65 |
| 4. |
Colorado College |
56 |
| 5. |
Centenary College |
45 |
| 6. |
University of Dallas |
35 |
| 7. |
Texas Lutheran University |
34 |
| 8. |
Austin College |
31 |
| 9. |
University of the Ozarks (Ark.) |
22 |
| 10. |
Hendrix College |
9 |
