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SAC Press Release

ROCK HILL, S.C. (theSAC.com) – The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears have been selected as the preseason favorites in the 2025-26 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Bears went 29-6 overall and 20-4 in SAC play last season and won a SAC Tournament Title for the first time since 2003. The Bears would go on to win the Southeast Regional before falling in the Elite Eight.

Lenoir-Rhyne is led by SAC Coach of the Year Brent Owen who won the honor in his first year in the conference. LR’s 20 SAC wins a year ago are the most in a season in program history but one win shy of Lincoln Memorial for the outright regular season title. Conrad Luczynski returns for the Bears and earned a spot on the Preseason All-Conference team after

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