MEAC ANNOUNCES PRESEASON BASKETBALL HONORS
DSU’s Bright and Hampton Pirates Receive Preseason Recognition
Patricia Porter
10/10/07

 

RALEIGH, N.C., October 10 - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced its preseason All-MEAC team preseason and basketball predictions Tuesday at the 2007 MEAC Basketball Press Luncheon held at the Sheraton Hotel in Raleigh, NC. 

Delaware State University’s Roy Bright was selected as the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year while the Hampton University Pirates were picked to finish first in the preseason poll.

A first team All-MEAC selection in 2006-07, Bright averaged 15.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.  The lone returning starter for the three-time regular season champions, Bright finished sixth in MEAC scoring and free-throw percentage.

Hampton received 13 first place votes and totaled 415 points to garner the league’s top position.  Under the guidance of second year head coach Kevin Nickleberry, the Pirates finished the 2006-07 season with a 15-16 overall record and a 10-8 MEAC finish. 

The Delaware State Hornets were predicted to finish second, also receiving 13 first place votes, with 390 total points.  The Hornets finished the 2006-07 season 16-2 in the MEAC and 21-13 overall, and won their third straight regular season title.

Predicted to finish seventh last year, the North Carolina A&T Aggies climbed the poll ranking with a predicted third place finish.  Morgan State University was selected to finish fourth while the defending MEAC Champion Florida A&M Rattlers have been slated to finish fifth.

The 2007-08 MEAC Basketball season tips off November 7 when the Morgan State Bears  faces the Connecticut Huskies in their season opener. Eight teams will open regular season play Friday, November 9. 

Preseason Predictions and All-MEAC Teams listed below.

2007-08 MEAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Prediction

as voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information director

(First place votes in parenthesis)

 

                                                Name                         Pts

1.    Hampton (13)              415

2.    Delaware State (13)    390

3.    N.C. A&T State (3)     365

4.    Morgan State (2)         359

5.    Florida A&M (1)          253

6.    Bethune-Cookman     237

7.    South Carolina State   212

8.    Coppin State               204

9.    Norfolk State               159

10.  Howard                       106

11.  Maryland E. Shore      38

 

 

2007-08 Preseason All-MEAC Team

as voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information director

 

MEAC Preseason Player of the Year: Roy Bright, Delaware State University

 

First-Team

Name                         School           Pos     Ht.       Wt.      Cl.       Hometown

Roy Bright                 DSU               F          6-6      225     Sr.       Durham, NC

Steven Rush            NCAT             G         5-11    170     Sr.       Greensboro, NC

Tywain McKee          CSU               G         6-2      182     Sr.       Philadelphia, Pa.

Rashad West            HAM               G         6-1      175     Sr.       Raleigh, NC

Tony Murphy            NSU               G         6-4      220     Sr.       Paterson, NJ

 

Second-Team

Name                         School           Pos     Ht.       Wt.      Cl.       Hometown

Michael Freeman    HAM               F          6-8      220     So.      Alexandria, Va.

Eugene Myatt           HOW              F          6-5      195     Jr.        Philadelphia, Pa.

Matt Pilgrim               HAM               F          6-8      225     So.      Cincinnati, Ohio

Ed Tyson                   UMES            G         6-2      200     Jr.        Baltimore, Md.

Jason Wills               NCAT             F          6-6      208     Sr.       Upper Marlboro, Md.

 

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