Division Two Preseason Rankings

Well its no longer preseason but, I'll try to get my rankings in as soon as possible and I promise I won't pay attention to any games that have been played. This weekend has a lot of good early season matchups with the holiday tournaments so it will be difficult to not watch those but, I will do my best. I'll admit for this division my rankings have been helped out a lot by the basketball yearbook.  Anyway here are my D2 preseason rankings.....

1. Onalaska- Have a pair of D1 recruits in 6'8 senior Nick Arenz and 6'3 junior Matt Thomas.
2. Madison Edgewood- Austin Arians a 6'5 senior is a D1 college athlete and 6'2 senior Spencer Brink is a four year varsity performer. Also coah Zwittler always seems to get the most out of his players.
3. Rice Lake- In my eyes always seem to underachieve but, they have a ton of talent highlighted by 6'5 senior Wally Ellenson a Minnesota recruit.
4. Milwaukee Pius- Appear to be loaded with talent headlined by a pair of seniors in 6'0 Carrington Love and 6'4 Larr Fitzgerald both of which averaged double digits in scoring a year ago.
5. Milwaukee Washington- Should really benefit from moving down from D1 this year and come out of the always tough City Conference. Lots of athletes and talent here.
6. Wauwatosa East- Always bring a competitive team year in and year out. I expect a huge break out year from 6'1 junior Anthony Carroll.
7. Wisconsin Lutheran- Don't know a whole lot but, at this point you just pencil in Wisco as a top 10 team year in and year out.
8. Waunakee- Really seem to have a great program going as they seem to have huge talented senior classes every year. 6'5 senior Joe Tagarelli should have a very big year.
9. Waterford- Honestly don't know a whole lot but, the yearbook had them high.
10. Whitnall- Another team that I don't know alot about but, the yearbook had them ranked high and they have talented senior 6'2 Stephen Pelkofer who averaged 17 points a game last year.
11. Seymour- Another team with a strong tradition and have some very talented underclassmen coming up.
12. Antigo- Won their conference a year ago and have their top two scorers back in a pair of seniors, 5'9 Andreas Ezer and 6'2 Jake Erickson
13. Pewaukee- Last couple years they just seem to always be at the top of the rankings and have good teams year in and year out.
14. New Berlin Eisenhower- Similar response to Pewaukee.
15. Beaver Dam- Call this one a hunch as I've heard some very good things about this team.

Division two always seems to be one of the most difficult divisions to call and if you remember last year there was a lot of bouncing around in the rankings outside of about the top five to eight teams. Should be another interesting year to see who comes out on top.