Men's Basketball Selected Third in 2012 NECC Preseason Poll

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The Elms College men's basketball team was selected to finish third in the 2012 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Preseason Poll after receiving two first place votes as announced by the league office on Monday.

The Blazers, who advanced to the NECC Championship title game during the 2011-12 season, are looking to build on their 11-5 league mark a season ago. Elms also looks to begin a new era of basketball under first-year head coach Todd Dean who spent the last 10 seasons as an assistant coach with the Blazers. Elms returns seniors Andre French (Torrington, Conn.) and David McDaniel (Plainfield, N.J.) who were each named all-conference last season. 

Here is a look at how the voting shook out: 

2012-13 NECC Men's Basketball Coaches Poll
1. Becker - 71 (4)
2. Newbury - 69 (3)
3. Elms - 64 (2)
4. Regis - 58
5. Daniel Webster - 42
6. Mitchell - 33
7. Lesley - 30
8. Southern Vermont - 21
9. Wheelock - 17