First-year Head Coach Patrick Grubbs and the Pitt-Johnstown men's basketball team has been picked sixth in the nine-team Western Division when the 2026-27 PSAC Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday.  Voting was done by the league's coaches.

Grubbs takes over for Bob Rukavina, who announced his retirement after 37 years at the helm of the Mountain Cat men's basketball program following the 2025-26 season

Pitt-Johnstown returns four of its five starters from a year ago, including All-PSAC and All-Atlantic Region performer Baden Forup.  The senior forward averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds per game last year.

Defending NCAA Division II National Champion Gannon received eight of the nine first-place votes and is selected to win the division, while Indiana (PA) was picked second, and California (PA), which garnered one first-place vote, is picked third.

On the Eastern side, West Chester was chosen to win the divisio with four of the eight first-place votes.  East Stroudsburg (3 first-place votes) was second, and Shepherd was third (1 first-place vote).