Basketball Bucs ranked 14th in AP preseason poll

Basketball Bucs ranked 14th in AP preseason poll
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TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur boys’ basketball program received a pair of votes in the Associated Press basketball pre-season poll.

The Bucs received two votes which puts them 14th in the preseason poll.

Three teams from B-U’s Region I are in the Top 10 as Morgantown is first, University is tied for third and Wheeling Park is eighth.

The Bucs will open their season Tuesday, Dec. 7 against Wheeling Park.

AP BOYS PRE-SEASON POLL

Davis Health System

Class AAAA

1. Morgantown (10)                   

2. George Washington          

3. (tie) Huntington             

3. (tie) University                    

Davis Health System

5. Martinsburg                   

6. Cabell Midland                   

7. Greenbrier East               

8. Wheeling Park             

9. South Charleston                   

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10. Princeton                             

Others receiving votes: Jefferson 6, Musselman 6,  Parkersburg 6, Buckhannon-Upshur 2.

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