Season Tickets | CAA Release
RICHMOND, Va. – Elon University men's basketball was predicted to finish third according to a vote of the league's coaches, media relations directors and media members, as the Colonial Athletic Association released its 2017-18 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll on Wednesday morning, Oct. 18.
Wednesday also saw junior forward
Tyler Seibring named to the 2017-18 All-CAA Preseason First Team and red-shirt senior
Brian Dawkins take home Second Team honors.
Led by Seibring and Dawkins, Elon has a veteran-led team that has all five starters back from an 18-14 team that posted a best-ever fourth-place finish in the CAA last year. Topping the group of returnees for the Phoenix is Seibring, who earned a spot on the All-CAA second team after scoring a team-high 14.4 ppg and ranking sixth in the league in rebounding at 6.9 rpg.
He's joined up front by Dawkins, who contributed 12.9 ppg and 5.3 rpg while shooting 51.5% from the floor. Junior guards
Dainan Swoope (11.7 ppg) and
Steven Santa Ana (11.7 ppg) combined to make 132 three-pointers a year ago, while senior guard
Dmitri Thompson added 8.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg.
College of Charleston, which also returns all five starters from last year's 25-win team, has been picked to capture the CAA men's basketball championship during the 2017-18 season.
Season tickets for the 2017-18 campaign, the final season in Alumni Gym, are on sale now through the Elon Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased
online, over the phone at 336-278-6750, or in person at the Elon Ticket Office located inside the Koury Athletic Center on Elon's campus. For additional information, please contact the Elon Ticket Office at 336-278-6750 or email
athtickets@elon.edu.
2017-18 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 |
Position |
Hometown/High School |
| Jarrell Brantley, Charleston |
Jr. |
F |
Columbia, S.C./Notre Dame Prep |
| Devontae Cacok, UNCW |
Jr. |
F |
Riverdale, Ga./Alpharetta |
| Joe Chealey, Charleston |
Sr. |
G |
Orlando, Fla./Apopka |
| Tyler Seibring, Elon |
Jr. |
F |
Normal, Ill./Normal Community |
| Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra |
Jr. |
G |
Queens, N.Y./High School of Construction |
| Second Team |
Class |
Position |
Hometown/High School |
| Ryan Daly, Delaware |
So. |
G |
Ardmore, Pa./Archbishop Carroll |
| Brian Dawkins, Elon |
R-Sr. |
F |
Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny |
| Rokas Gustys, Hofstra |
Sr. |
F/C |
Kaunas, Lithuania/Oak Hill Academy |
| Kurk Lee, Drexel |
So. |
G |
Baltimore,Md./St. Frances Academy |
| Mike Morsell, Towson |
Sr. |
G |
Fort Washington, Md./St. John's |
| Grant Riller, Charleston |
So. |
G |
Ocoee, Fla./Ocoee |
CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Joe Chealey, 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
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