Basketball: Atlantic 10 Student Media Preseason Poll

(Photo Credit: Atlantic 10 Conference)

The Atlantic 10 Media Days are complete, with the men’s side meeting in Pittsburgh last week and the women’s side congregating in Richmond yesterday. Polls were conducted by a group of select media members and the league’s coaches to determine the preseason predicted order of finish and all-league teams.

Because the media members the conference selected were all professionals, The Intrepid decided to conduct a student media preseason poll made up of student media members from across the A-10.

Seven of the league’s school newspapers contributed by submitting ballots of their men’s and women’s predicted orders of finish and their top male and female players for all-league teams.

The newspapers that participated were: The Intrepid- St. Bonaventure, The Good Five Cent Cigar- Rhode Island, The Duquesne Duke- Duquesne, Flyer News- Dayton, The GW Hatchet- George Washington, The Commonwealth Times- VCU, The Davidsonian- Davidson

Men’s Preseason Projected Order of Finish

1. Rhode Island- 93 points, two first-place votes
2. Dayton- 87 points, two first-place votes
3. VCU- 85 points, two first-place votes
4. Davidson- 81 points, one first-place vote
5. St. Bonaventure- 66 points
6. George Washington- 60 points
7. Richmond- 58 points
8. La Salle- 55 points
9. St. Joseph’s- 34 points
10. UMass- 33 points
11. Fordham- 29 points
12. George Mason- 20 points
13. Duquesne- 18 points
14. Saint Louis- 16 points

Preseason All-A10 First Team

Jack Gibbs, Davidson

E.C. Matthews, Rhode Island

Tyler Cavanaugh, George Washington

Charles Cooke, Dayton

Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure

Second Team

Jordan Price, La Salle

Scoochie Smith, Dayton

Hassan Martin, Rhode Island

Mo Alie-Cox, VCU

JeQuan Lewis, VCU

Women’s Preseason Projected Order of Finish

1. Saint Louis- 95 points, five first-place votes
2. George Washington- 91 points, two first-place votes
3. Duquesne- 81 points
4. Dayton- 75 points
5. VCU- 72 points
6. St. Bonaventure- 62 points
7. Richmond- 47 points
8. Fordham- 46 points

T9. Rhode Island- 45 points

T9. St. Joseph’s- 45 points

11. George Mason- 29 points

12. UMass- 22 points

13. Davidson- 16 points

14. La Salle- 9 points

Preseason All-A10 First Team

Jackie Kemph, Saint Louis

Caira Washington, George Washington

Charise Wilson, Rhode Island

Saicha Grant-Allen, Dayton

Janelle Hubbard, Richmond

Second Team

Amy Griffin, La Salle

Kadri Ann Lass, Duquesne

Amanda Szamosi, Duquesne

Mariah Ruff, St. Bonaventure

Hannah Schaible, George Washington