CAA Basketball Media Day
NOTES from Media Day:
RICHMOND, Va. (October 18, 2017) – College of Charleston, which returns all five starters from last year’s 25‐win team, has been picked to capture the CAA men’s basketball championship in 2017‐18 according to a vote of the league’s coaches, media relations directors and media members.
The Cougars were followed in the voting by Towson, Elon and Hofstra. Two‐time defending CAA champion UNCW was selected fifth, followed by Northeastern, Delaware, William & Mary, Drexel and James Madison.
Charleston is coming off an impressive 25‐10 campaign that included a first‐ever trip to the CAA Championship game and a berth in the NIT for the first time since 2011.
T2017‐18 CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. College of Charleston (38 first‐place votes) 362
2. Towson (2 first‐place votes) 306
3. Elon 297
4. Hofstra 236
5. UNCW 197
6. Northeastern 159
7. Delaware 156
8. William & Mary 120
9. Drexel 102
10. James Madison 65
2017‐18 CAA MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL‐CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
Jarrell Brantley, Col. of Charleston Jr. F 6‐7 250 Columbia, S.C./Notre Dame Prep
Devontae Cacok, UNCW Jr. F 6‐7 240 Riverdale, Ga./Alpharetta
Joe Chealey, Col. of Charleston Sr. G 6‐4 190 Orlando Fla./Apopka
Tyler Seibring, Elon Jr. F 6‐8 225 Normal, Ill./Normal Community
Justin Wright‐Foreman, Hofstra Jr. G 6‐1 185 Queens, N.Y./High School of Cons
Second Team Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
Ryan Daly, Delaware So. G 6‐4 185 Ardmore, Pa./Archbishop Carroll
Brian Dawkins, Elon Sr. F 6‐8 240 Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny
Rokas Gustys, Hofstra Sr. F/C 6‐9 260 Kaunas, Lithuania/Oak Hill Academy
Kurk Lee, Drexel So. G 5‐10 150 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy
Mike Morsell, Towson Sr. G 6‐5 210 Fort Washington, Md./St. John’s College HS
Grant Riller, Col. of Charleston So. G 6‐3 195 Ocoee, Fla./Ocoee
CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Joe Chealey, College of Charleston
Honorable Mention: Devon Begley, Sr., G, Northeastern; David Cohn, Sr., G, William & Mary; Nathan Knight, So., F,William & Mary; Jeremy Miller, Jr., F, Northeastern; Deshaun Morman, Sr., G, Towson; Eli Pemberton, So., G, Hofstra;
Jordon Talley, Sr., G, UNCW
With our rebuilding, it may be good to have the low expectations.
I'll have some other notes later today.
(This post was last modified: 10-18-2017 08:36 AM by billymac.)
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