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MEDIA DAY PRESEASON RANKINGS
NORTHERN DIVISION
1. Norfolk State
2. Morgan State
3. Howard
4. Coppin State
5. Delaware State
6. UMES
SOUTHERN DIVISION
1. NC Central
2. North Carolina A&T
3. Florida A&M
4. Bethune Cookman
5. South Carolina State
MEDIA DAY PRESEASON 1ST TEAM
Kameron Langley – SR, G – North Carolina A&T
DeJuan Clayton – SR, G – Coppin State
CJ Keyser – SR, G – NC Central
Koby Thomas – SR, F – Coppin State
Makur Maker – FR, G/F – Howard
MEDIA DAY PRESEASON 2ND TEAM
MJ Randolph – JR, G – Florida A&M
Joe Bryant – JR, G – Norfolk State
Troy Baxter – SR, F – Morgan State
Wayne Bristol Jr. – SO, G – Howard
Jordan Perkins – SR, G – NC Central
MEDIA DAY PRESEASON 3RD TEAM
Joe French – SO, G – Bethune Cookman
Pinky Wiley – SR, G – Delaware State
Devante Carter – SR, G – Norfolk State
Tyler Maye – SR, G – North Carolina A&T
Da’Shawn Phillip – SO, G – UMES
COMMENTS FROM DAVID
-Last year was a particularly rough year for the MEAC with just two teams managing overall winning records and seven teams finishing outside the top-300 of the NET. The league is obviously never on par with the Power 5, but it is usually a little better than what it did last year.
-NC Central and NC A&T are two teams to watch. NC Central has been the team to beat the last several having finished in first place last year and making the NCAA Tournament for three consecutive years before that. At NC A&T, Will Jones has earned the head coaching job after taking over as interim coach last year and leading his team into second place.
-Norfolk State has three starters back from a team that tied for second place, so we may see some improvement out of them.
-Morgan State was a team that actually saw quite a bit of improvement last year, and with four starters back we could see that improvement continue in to this year.
-FAMU is another team to keep an eye on with four starters back. We could see some improvement out of them as well.
-Now, as for everyone else, I do not want to go spewing on and on about just how bad some of them may turn out to be. It would not shock me if this year’s Centenary winner came out of this league: I will just leave it at that.