RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 25) -- According to a voting pool comprised of coaches, media, and sports information directors in attendance at the Colonial Athletic Association basketball Media Day, the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs are the preseason #1 team while the Monarchs are #4. The conference's annual media day was conducted Wednesday at the ALLTEL Pavilion at the StewartC. Siegel Center on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
In addition to the team picks, a preseason All-CAA team was selected for both the men and the women. On the women's side, two-time CAA Player of the Year Lucienne Berthieu (Rennes, France) was chosen as the preseason Player of the Year while Hamchetou Maiga (Bamako, Mali) earned a spot on the preseason team. For the men, Andre McCullum (Whitesville, NC) earned nine points, just missing a spot in the top five.
Below are the complete results:
2000 CAA Basketball Media Day Poll
(Voters included a combination of coaches, media and SIDs in attendance)
CAA men's team's Predicted order of finish.CAA women's team's predicted order of finish
1. Richmond 142 (11)1. OLD DOMINION 207 (23)2. George Mason 135 (5)2. James Madison 1673. UNC Wilmington 1093. Va. Commonwealth 1474. OLD DOMINION 95 (1)4. East Carolina 1275. Va. Commonwealth 915. George Mason 1146. James Madison 79 Richmond 1147. American 507. UNC Wilmington 678. William & Mary 348. William & Mary 579. East Carolina 309. American 35Pre-Season All-CAA Men's TeamPre-Season All-CAA Women's Team1. *George Evans 76 (12)1. *Lucienne Berthieu, ODU 114 (22)2. Brett Blizzard 54 (2)2. Jen Surlas, GMU 733. Greg Stevenson 53 (2)3. Hamchetou Maiga, ODU 58 (1)4. Patrick Doctor 384. Rochelle Luckett, VCU 345. LaMar Taylor 9 (1)5. Michelle Koclanes, UR 13? Andre McCullum 9Liz Remus, VCU 13
*Pre-season Players of the Year