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Duquesne Men’s Basketball Picked A-10 Preseason 11th
The Duquesne Men’s Basketball Team was predicted to place 11th in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll as voted by all 14 head coaches and 14 media members, one from each school.
This is the second time that Duquesne has been picked preseason #11 since Keith Dambrot has coached the program.
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St. Bonaventure, which won the Atlantic 10 Championship last year, received all 28 first-place votes. Richmond followed in second place, with Saint Louis, VCU and Dayton rounding out the top five.
Given Duquesne is not returning much of its scoring and defensive statistical leaders, it was determined that no Dukes players made a preseason all-conference team
ATLANTIC 10 PRESEASON POLL
1. St. Bonaventure (28) 392
2. Richmond 359
3. Saint Louis 325
4. VCU 288
5. Dayton 274
6. Davidson 260
7. Rhode Island 231
8. George Mason 158
9. Massachusetts 147
10. Saint Joseph’s 144
11. Duquesne 129
12. La Salle 105
13. George Washington 96
14. Fordham 32
PRESEASON ALL–CONFERENCE FIRST TEAMÂ
PRESEASON ALL–CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
PRESEASON ALL–CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
PRESEASON ALL–DEFENSIVE TEAM
PSN’s Zachary Weiss had a ballot and as always, publicly reveals his votes, so that he can be made fun of for who he missed and what he got wrong. All ballots were due to be received by Oct 14, meaning all injuries prior to this decision.
ZAC’S ATLANTIC 10 PRESEASON POLL
PRESEASON ALL–CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Kyle Lofton G St. Bonaventure
Jacob Gilyard G Richmond
Osun Osunniyi St. Bonaventure
Javonte Perkins Saint Louis
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Jaren Holmes St. Bonaventure
Grant Golden Richmond
ZAC’S PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
Hason Ward VCU
Jalen Adaway St. Bonaventure
James Bishop George Washington
Jordan Hall Saint Joseph’s
Hyunjung Lee Davidson
Nathan Cayo Richmond
ZAC’S PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
Luka Brajkovic Davidson
Tyler Burton Richmond
Jeremy Sheppard Rhode Island
Noah Fernandes Massachusetts
Javohn Garcia Massachusetts
Josh Oduro George Mason
ZAC’S PRESEASON ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Osun Osunniyi St. Bonaventure
Jacob Gilyard Richmond
Hason Ward VCU
Yuri Collins Saint Louis
Tyler Burton Richmond
Coach Dambrot and the Dukes are going to surprise people. . . this team is more athletic, has better shooters, and a restocked guard position than in recent memory. If these guys listen to Keith and play together, they’ll finish in the top 5 of A10.