Seton Hall is pegged third behind Iona and Rutgers in NYC Buckets' inaugural preseason poll that dropped this morning.

John Templon started NYC Buckets this off-season to put a greater focus on the mid and low-major New York area schools and their basketball programs. Previous to NYC Buckets, John ran a very informative site about the Chicago-based D-I basketball programs. Since everyone loves rankings and polls, John and I decided to team up and establish this poll to see how all the New York area teams stack up against each other.

We have already added local writers Jerry Carino and Josh Newman to the voting panel and look to attract more well known scribes in the future.

Check out the complete rankings after the jump.

1. Iona
2. Rutgers
3. Seton Hall
4. St. John’s
5. Fairfield
6. Long Island
7. Princeton
8. Stony Brook
9. Hofstra
10. Rider
11. Wagner
12. Yale
13. St. Peter’s
14. Columbia
15. Fordham
16. Manhattan
17. Sacred Heart
18. Army
19. NJIT
20. Monmouth
21. Marist
22. St. Francis (NY)
23. Fairleigh Dickinson