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.

Oct 19, 2023 by FloHoops Staff

Charleston Men's Basketball Picked To Repeat As CAA Champion

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 (1^st)	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