BIG RAPIDS - Members of the media think pretty highly of the Ferris State University men's basketball team entering the 2009-10 season.The Bulldogs were picked second in the North Division of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the men's basketball media poll as released on Thursday evening by league officials. Ferris garnered 107 points and two of 23 first-place votes to rank behind Grand Valley State University, which was tabbed first with 130 points and 17 first-place votes. Lake Superior State University was picked third with 94 points and four first-place votes. Michigan Tech got one first-place vote and 84 points.
But, for Ferris, the journey to a conference championship begins now as the team works to put all the pieces in their proper place.
"We've got some good pieces to the puzzle. We are still trying to figure it all out," said Ferris head coach Bill Sall, whose team finished 14-14 overall last season and 12-10 in the GLIAC. "I think our consistency has been an issue hopefully we can continue to find it. We have a very good player returning in Justin Keenan (the starting center, pictured top) and Darien Gay (one of the Bulldogs' starting guards, pictured bottom) we have a couple of players on the first team all league. I think the pieces to the puzzle are there and it's our job to get it going."
Keenan and Gay, both juniors, were named to the 2009-10 Men's Basketball All-GLIAC Team from the North Division.
Keenan probably narrowly missed out on a chance to be named the Preseason GLIAC Player of the Year as that honor went to Marcus Parker, who is the point guard for the defending NCAA Division II National Champion University of Findlay Oilers.
Ferris' first action this season is Thursday Oct. 29 as it travels to Greenville to take on Aquinas College in an exhibition contest with tip off slated for 7 p.m.
Greenville is the hometown of 6-foot-3 FSU shooting guard Matt DeHart who will be hoopin' it up in his backyard.
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