This week’s college sports schedule

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Caltech at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.; Redlands at Chapman, 7:30 p.m.; Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; Desert at Chaffey, 7 p.m.; Rio Hondo at San Bernardino Valley, 7 p.m.; Barstow at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Desert at Chaffey, 5 p.m.; Rio Hondo at San Bernadrino Valley, 1 p.m.; Cerro Coso at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

THUR, JAN. 17
MEN’S BASKETBALL

Sonoma State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Sonoma State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; Caltech at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.; Redlands at Chapman, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18
MEN’S BASKETBALL
CS San Bernardino at CS East Bay, 7:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
CS San Bernardino at CS East Bay, 5:30 p.m.

SAT, JAN. 19
MEN’S BASKETBALL
San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at CS Monterey Bay, 7:30 p.m.; La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Caltech, 7 p.m.; Barstow at Chaffey, 3 p.m.; Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at CS Monterey Bay, 5:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Caltech, 5 p.m.; UC Santa Cruz at Redlands, 5 p.m.; La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.; Barstow at Chaffey, 1 p.m.; Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

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A schedule of upcoming college events

With the holidays behind us, college teams will be settling into a more normal routine and conference play will get underway in the Foothill Conference and CCAA teams will resume what should be a great battle.

Here’s a schedule of the upcoming events:

SATURDAY, DEC. 29
Men’s basketball – Chaffey at Cougar Classic (College of the Canyons); San Bernardino Valley at Mesa Fiesta Bowl Shootout; Southern Maine vs. CMS (at Salem) 11 a.m.; Buena Vista at Redlands, 2 p.m.; Anderson at La Verne, 3 p.m.

Women’s basketball  – Chaffey at Pepsi Holiday Classic (Foothill); SBVC at Ventura Tournament; Lake Forest at La Verne, 10 a.m.; Emerson at CMS, 3 p.m.

SUN, DEC. 30

Men’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at UC San Diego, 6 p.m.; San Bernardino Valley at Mesa Fiesta Bowl Shootout; Me-Presque Isle at CMS, 2 p.m.; Emerson at Redlands, 2 p.m.; Buena Vista at Pomona-Pitzer, 4 p.m.

Women’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at UC San Diego, 4 p.m.; Chaffey at Pepsi Holiday Classic (Foothill); SBVC at Ventura Tournament

]WED, JAN. 2
Men’s basketball – Biola at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Galludet at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

THUR, JAN. 3
Men’s basketball – UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; CS San Bernardino at Humboldt State, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.;CS San Bernardino at Humboldt State, 5:30 p.m.; La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.; Whittier at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

FRI, JAN. 4
Men’s basketball – Bethesda at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball – Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Maritime, 3 p.m.

SAT, JAN. 5
Men’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 7 p.m.; Chapman at La Verne, 7 p.m.; Whittier at Redlands, 7 p.m.; Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 3 p.m.; Barstow at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

Women’s basketball – CS San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.; Whittier at Redlands, 5 p.m.; Chapman at La Verne, 5 p.m.; Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 5 p.m.; Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 1 p.m.; Barstow at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

TUES, JAN. 8
Men’s basketball – Pomona-Pitzer at CS San Marcos, 7:30 p.m.

WED, JAN. 9
Men’s basketball – Redlands at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.; Chapman at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.; San Bernardino Valley at Chaffey, 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball – San Bernardino Valley at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

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Broncos get national preseason ranking

The Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball team, coming off an appearance in the NCAA national championship game a year ago, is ranked No. 4 in the 2009-10 Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 poll that was released this week.

The ranking comes a day after the Broncos received a No. 9 ranking by The Sporting News.

Cal Poly Pomona, which finished last season 25-8 and played for the national title in Springfield, Mass., earned its first preseason ranking since opening the 2005-06 season No. 15 (NABC) and 13th (Division II Bulletin).

Cal Poly Pomona, tied Cal State San Bernardino and Cal State Dominguez Hills for the regular-season California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) title last season.

The Broncos are led by first team All-CCAA senior guard Austin Swift and second team All-CCAA junior forward Tobias Jahn.

BYU-Hawaii, which concluded the 2008-09 season with a 27-2 record and return two All-Americans, is ranked No. 1 in the poll. Findlay is No. 2 and is followed by Soutwest Baptist, Cal Poly Pomona and Bellarmine, which rounds out the Top 5.

San Francisco State will be the first CCAA team to get its 2009-10 season underway when it takes part in the Disney Tip-Off West Coast Classic that begins Oct. 30 in Anaheim.

2009-10 Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 Poll

1. BYU-Hawaii
2. Findlay
3. Southwest Baptist
4. Cal Poly Pomona
5. Bellarmine
6. Tusculum
7. Merrimack
8. Augusta State
9. Florida Southern
10. Bentley
11. Valdosta State
12. Southwest Minnesota
13. Metro State
14. Central Missouri
15. Winona State
16. Kutztown
17. Central Oklahoma
18. Grand Valley State
19. Philadelphia
20. Northern Kentucky
21. Delta State
22. Rollins
23. J.C. Smith
24. West Virginia State
25. Incarnate Word

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