
Head Coach
Bob Rukavina, entering his 37th season, and his Pitt-Johnstown men's basketball team have been picked to finish seventh in the PSAC Western Division when the conference office released its 2025-26 Preseason Coaches Poll on Thursday.
Gannon garnered six of the eight first-place votes in the western division and was picked to win it, while Indiana (PA) and California (PA) each received one first-place vote and sit in the second and third spots.
On the Eastern Division side, West Chester received eight of the nine first-place. East Stroudsburg got one first-place vote.
2025-26 PSAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll (# of first place votes in parentheses)
WEST
1. Gannon (6)
2. IUP (1)
3. California (1)
4. Slippery Rock
5. Seton Hill
6. Edinboro
7. Pitt-Johnstown
8. Clarion
EAST
1. West Chester (8)
2. East Stroudsburg (1)
3. Millersville
4. Shepherd
5. Shippensburg
6. Lock Haven
7. Mansfield
8. Kutztown
9. Bloomsburg