CAA Tabs Preseason Favorites at Annual Media Day Event
October 26, 2000
By ODU Athletics
By ODU Athletics
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 Stewart
C. 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 167 3. UNC Wilmington 109 3. Va. Commonwealth 147 4. OLD DOMINION 95 (1) 4. East Carolina 127 5. Va. Commonwealth 91 5. George Mason 114 6. James Madison 79 Richmond 114 7. American 50 7. UNC Wilmington 67 8. William & Mary 34 8. William & Mary 57 9. East Carolina 30 9. American 35 Pre-Season All-CAA Men's Team Pre-Season All-CAA Women's Team 1. *George Evans 76 (12) 1. *Lucienne Berthieu, ODU 114 (22) 2. Brett Blizzard 54 (2) 2. Jen Surlas, GMU 73 3. Greg Stevenson 53 (2) 3. Hamchetou Maiga, ODU 58 (1) 4. Patrick Doctor 38 4. Rochelle Luckett, VCU 34 5. LaMar Taylor 9 (1) 5. Michelle Koclanes, UR 13 ? Andre McCullum 9 Liz Remus, VCU 13 *Pre-season Players of the Year