CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Sporting News picked the Fort Lewis College men's basketball team as a possible breakthrough team in their NCAA Division II men's basketball pre-season Top 10.

Additionally, Skyhawk senior DeAndre Lansdowne, a six-foot-two guard from Sandia High School in Albuquerque, N.M., was chosen as a TSN pre-season All-America honorable mention selection.

Lansdowne averaged 21.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in 2009-10, guiding the Skyhawks to a 19-9 overall record, 13-6 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Fort Lewis finished second in the RMAC West Division last season.

As a junior, Lansdowne earned a bevy of honors, including first team Daktronics All-Central Region, second team NABC All-Central Region, first team All-RMAC and first team All-RMAC West Division accolades. He was also tabbed as the 2009 RMAC West Division Pre-Season Player of the Year and a member of the 2009 pre-season All-RMAC and All-RMAC West Division teams.

The Skyhawks open their season by hosting the George B. Boedecker Classic on Nov. 19-20 in Whalen Gymnasium, where they'll face Eastern New Mexico University at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Northwest Nazarene University at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Boedecker Classic also features games between UC-Colorado Springs and Northwest Nazarene at 5:30 p.m. Friday and UC-Colorado Springs and Eastern New Mexico at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Sporting News 2010 NCAA Division II men's basketball pre-season Top 10:

1. Findlay (Ohio)
2. Bellarmine (Ky.)
3. Grand Valley State (Mich.)
4. Arkansas Tech
5. Cal Poly-Pomona
6. Indiana (Pa.)
7. Seattle Pacific (Wash.)
8. West Liberty
9. Winona State (Minn.)
10. Bentley (Mass.)

Possible Breakthroughs
Alabama-Huntsville, Anderson (S.C.), Augustana (S.D.), Bloomfield (N.J.), BYU-Hawaii, Central Missouri, Central Oklahoma, Drury (Mo.), Felician (N.J.), Ferris State (Mich.), Florida Southern, Fort Lewis (Colo.), Georgia College & State, Hillsdale (Mich.), Humboldt State (Calif.), Kentucky Wesleyan, Lynn (Fla.), Mary (N.D.), Metro State (Colo.), Midwestern State (Texas), Minnesota State-Mankato, Montevallo (Ala.), Mount Olive (N.C.), Philadelphia University (Pa.), Queens (N.C.), Rollins (Fla.), St. Cloud State (Minn.), Southern Indiana, Stonehill (Mass.), Tarleton State (Texas), USC-Aiken, W.Va. State.

The Sporting News Preseason All-Americans
First Team: Chris Banchero (Seattle Pacific), Gage Daye (Blooomfield), Justin Keenan (Ferris State), Darryl Webb (Indiana, PA), Dauntae Williams (Central Oklahoma).

Second Team: Jet Chang (BYU-Hawaii), LaMarshall Corbett (Angelo State), Chris Hall (Lynn), Justin Ringler (Grand Valley State), Nick Wolf (Rollins).

Honorable Mention: Darius Adams (Indianapolis), Daniel Bailey (Queens, N.C.), Thomas Baudinet (Saint Anselm), D.J. Blackmon (Lenoir-Rhyne), Donnelle Booker (Cal Poly-Pomona), Simel Boyd (Francis Marion), Sharif Bray (Cheyney), Justin Brock (Quincy), Tyler Bullock (Nebraska-Omaha), Kyle Caiola (Findlay), Rashad Callaway (Tampa), D'Mario Curry (Lincoln Memorial), Byron Faison (USC-Aiken), Chris Hagan (Midwestern State), Alex Hall (Drury), Braydon Hobbs (Bellarmine), Marquel Hoskins (San Francisco State), Nathan Hyde (Findlay), Dominique Jones (Fort Hays State), Jeremy Kendle (Bellarmine), DeAndre Lansdowne (Fort Lewis), Jefferson Mason (Minnesota State-Mankato), Darin Mency (Merrimack), Josh Miller (W.Va. State), Anthony Moody (Mary), Brian Morris (Humboldt State), Donte Nicholas (Metro State), Corey Pelle (West Liberty), Blake Poole (Saint Martin's), Cody Schilling (Augustana), Justin Swidowski (Holy Family), Brian Tracey (Bentley), Anthony Tucker (Winona State), Marques Whippy (BYU-Hawaii), Taylor Witt (St. Cloud State), Chris Woods (Pfeiffer).