USA TODAY Sports Launches Ferris Mowers Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
January 04 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Ferris Mowers becomes first entitlement sponsor
of long-standing poll with National Association of Basketball
Coaches
USA TODAY Sports today launched the 2021 Ferris Mowers Men’s
Basketball Coaches Poll in conjunction with the National
Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). For over 25 years, USA
TODAY Sports has partnered with the NABC to produce a weekly
ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams. The
2021 poll will be sponsored during the season by Ferris Mowers, a
leading commercial and industrial turf care equipment provider, and
part of the Briggs & Stratton family of brands.
The Ferris Mowers Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll is conducted
weekly throughout the men’s college basketball regular season. A
panel of NABC-member Division I head coaches representing each of
the 32 Division I conferences votes on the poll each week. The
rankings will be published by USA TODAY Sports online on Mondays
and in print on Tuesdays, reaching an audience of more than 60
million sports fans.
Additionally, as part of its entitlement sponsorship, Ferris
Mowers will also receive the naming rights of the Ferris Mowers
NABC National Championship Trophy, which will be presented to the
Division I men’s basketball team that finishes first in the final
poll of the season in April.
“The Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll is the most authentic measure
in college basketball, with the DI coaches themselves ranking the
top teams in the nation, and USA TODAY Sports has proudly managed
to support the poll for decades,” said Chris Pirrone, General
Manager, USA TODAY Sports Media Group. “We are excited to have
Ferris Mowers join as the entitlement sponsor of the Coaches Poll
and the Coaches Trophy, and to create exciting events that bring
the trophy to the best college basketball towns across
America.”
“Each season, college basketball’s best teams are recognized
through our weekly Coaches Poll and the presentation of the
prestigious NABC National Championship Trophy,” said Craig
Robinson, Executive Director, National Association of Basketball
Coaches. “We are excited to partner with Ferris Mowers to amplify
the poll and trophy, and in doing so, further celebrate the
accomplishments of our game’s coaches and student-athletes.”
“College basketball has become such a phenomenon over the years
and engages fans across the country of all ages and backgrounds and
being a part of the Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll and NABC National
Championship Trophy is an important opportunity for Ferris,” said
Harold Redman, president of the Turf and Consumer Products Group at
Briggs & Stratton. “Our distributors, dealers and customers can
take pride knowing that the Ferris brand is associated with such a
high-profile and exciting property.”
For more information on the Ferris Mowers College Poll, visit
the poll’s site on USA TODAY Sports.
About the National Association of
Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Mo., the NABC was founded in 1927 by
Forrest “Phog” Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the
University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the
inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective
group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has
nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college
men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to
uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing
attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and
the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s
student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the
Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional
information about the NABC and its programs and membership can be
found at www.nabc.com.
About USA TODAY Sports Media
Group
The USA TODAY Sports Media Group encompasses all sports
initiatives across USA TODAY Sports and Gannett's more than 250
well-known local media brands. It includes the popular social news
hub For The Win, and vertical sports sites Golfweek, MMAJunkie.com,
NFL and NBA team wire sites, and leading high school sports
destination USA TODAY High School Sports, among others. USA TODAY
is owned by Gannett Co., Inc.
About Briggs & Stratton,
LLC
Briggs & Stratton, LLC, headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is focused on providing power to get work done and make
people’s lives better. Briggs & Stratton is the world’s largest
producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a
leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of commercial
lithium-ion batteries, power generation, pressure washer, lawn and
garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs &
Stratton®, Simplicity®, Snapper®, Ferris®, Vanguard®, Allmand®,
Billy Goat®, Murray®, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs &
Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced
in over 100 countries on six continents. For additional
information, please visit www.basco.com and
www.briggsandstratton.com.
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