Charleston Men's Basketball Picked To Repeat As CAA Champion
Charleston Men's Basketball Picked To Repeat As CAA Champion
The CAA Men's Basketball champion, Charleston, was chosen by the league's coaches as the front-runner to defend their title for the coming season.
The CAA's head coaches voted Charleston to be the preseason contender to repeat as the men's basketball champion, with Drexel's Amari Williams being named the conference's Preseason Player of the Year.
The Cougars earned 10 of 14 first-place votes and UNCW, Drexel, Hofstra, and Delaware rounded out the top five vote-getters.
Charleston was ranked as high as No. 18 in the AP Top 25 last season, and accomplished a league-record 31 wins in 2022-23.
Williams, along with Ante Brzovic and Reyne Smith of Charleston, Tyler Thomas of Hofstra, Jyáre Davis of Delaware, and Charles Thompson of Towson, were all named to the All-CAA teams.
2023-24 CAA Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
Rank. | Team (1st) | Points |
1. | Charleston (10) | 165 |
2. | UNCW (3) | 157 |
3. | Drexel (1) | 140 |
4. | Hofstra | 137 |
t5. | Delaware | 115 |
t5. | Towson | 115 |
7. | Northeastern | 84 |
8. | William & Mary | 77 |
9. | Stony Brook | 76 |
10. | Elon | 62 |
11. | Monmouth | 50 |
12. | Campbell | 45 |
13. | Hampton | 31 |
14. | North Carolina A&T | 20 |
Preseason Player of the Year:
Amari Williams, Drexel
2023-24 All-CAA Preseason First Team
Name | School | Class | Position | Hometown |
Ante Brzovic | Charleston | Jr. | F | Zagreb, Croatia |
Tyler Thomas | Hofstra | Gr. | G | New Haven, Conn. |
Charles Thompson | Towson | Gr. | F | Fort Washington, Md. |
Trazarien White | UNCW | Jr. | F | Mansfield, Texas |
Amari Williams | Drexel | Sr. | F | Nottingham, England |
2023-24 All-CAA Preseason Second Team
Name | School | Class | Position | Hometown |
Jyáre Davis | Delaware | R-Jr. | F | Newark, Del. |
Anthony Dell’Orso | Campbell | So. | G | Melbourne, Australia |
Max MacKinnon | Elon | So. | G | Brisbane, Australia |
Reyne Smith | Charleston | Jr. | G | Ulverstone, Australia |
Tyler Stephenson-Moore | Stony Brook | Gr. | G | Jamaica, N.Y. |
Honorable Mention: Gabe Dorsey, Jr., G/F William & Mary, Chris Doherty, Gr., F, Northeastern; Darlinstone Dubar, Jr., G, Hofstra; Maleeck Harden-Hayes, Gr., G, UNCW; Justin Moore, So., G, Drexel; Jordan Nesbitt, Jr., G, Hampton; Frankie Policelli, Gr., F, Charleston; Xander Rice, Gr., G, Monmouth