Volume 27, Number 1 October/November 2017 Player of the Year Preseason Preview 2017-18! Top 25 Predictions Preseason Top 10: 1. Northwest Missouri 2. Queens (NC) 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 4. Shippensburg 5. Chico State 6. Bellarmine 7. Lincoln Memorial 8. Indiana (Pa.) 9. Colorado Mines 10. Rollins Page 5 Justin Pitts, NW Missouri Coaching Changes Page 3 1991 27th Season 2018 Conference Previews Page 6 2017 All-American Teams Page 11 Twitter: @SmallColHoops www.smallcollegehoops.com Editorial Welcome to the Preseason Preview Issue! Welcome to the 2017-18 Division II to the NCAA Bulletin Preseason Preview issue! We are tournament excited about this upcoming season and announce- Editor & Publisher glad to have you join us for what should ment. Gary S. Rubin ■ be a terrific campaign. This year, This past offseason, I read two good the process Art Director books that both related to college basket- of compil- Steve Fisher ball. The first wasShoe Dog, the memoir ing the Top from Nike founder Phil Knight. Without 25 was pretty Business & Editorial Office question, Nike altered the college basket- straightfor- GSR Communications ball landscape and it was interesting to ward. The Email:
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