America East coaches and a select group of players traveled to Hartford this past Thursday for America East Tip-Off luncheon.
There, coaches voted for this season’s prseason all-conference teams, as well as ranking the top teams in the conference from #1 down to #7.
On the men’s side, the Seawolves were picked to finish second behind last season’s conference tournament champion Boston University for the second season in a row.
Stony Brook had three first place votes but finished with 59 points, three behind Boston.
The Terriers have been picked to finish first for five consecutive seasons.
Senior guard Bryan Dougher gained his first ever preseason All-Conference team after recieving two consecutive second team honors last season.
On the women’s side, the Seawolves were picked to finish eighth in the poll.
It was the first America East luncheon head coach Beth O’Boyle ‘s Seawolves.
The womens’ squad is projected to finish eighth in the conference this winter after receiving 15 points in preseason voting by the league’s nine head coaches.
UMBC is projected to be be champion of the regular season.