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Norfolk State picked to run through the MEAC again in preseason poll

The Spartans are favorites to win the conference to the third straight season.

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October 20, 2022
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Norfolk State senior guard Joe Bryant, Jr.was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year, presented by TowneBank, the conference announced today. In addition, Norfolk State was selected as the preseason favorite to win the MEAC.

All awards were voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.Bryant, the reigning MEAC Player of the Year, was also named the BoxToRow National Player of the Year after leading the Spartans to their second straight MEAC Tournament title, on top of the regular-season crown and a 24-win season. The MEAC Tournament Outstanding Performer for the second straight season, Bryant was second in the MEAC in scoring (16.7 ppg), third in field goal percentage (.432) and 3-pointers made (57), sixth in assists (3.2 apg) and eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.1).

He breached the 20-point mark 10 times during the season and scored in double figures 25 times in 31 games. He was named MEAC Player of the Week four times, the most of any MEAC player for the season.

Two-time defending MEAC champion Norfolk State picked up 15 of a possible 16 first-place votes in being named the preseason favorite, while the Eagles of NCCU picked up the other first-place vote in being picked to finish second. Howard and Morgan State were picked to finish third and fourth, respectively.

Coppin State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Delaware State and South Carolina State rounded out the predicted order of finish.

Joining Bryant on the Preseason All-MEAC First Team are Coppin State’s Nendah Tarke, Howard’s Elijah Hawkins, Norfolk State’s Kris Bankston and North Carolina Central’s Justin Wright.

The 2023 MEAC Basketball Tournament will be held March 8-11 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va.

2022-23 MEAC Men’s Basketball
All-MEAC Teams
Voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directorsPreseason Player of the Year: Joe Bryant, Jr., Norfolk State

FIRST TEAM

Name Pos. Class Ht. School Hometown
Nendah Tarke G Jr. 6-4 Coppin State Gaithersburg, Md.
Elijah Hawkins G So. 5-11 Howard Washington, D.C.
Kris Bankston F Gr. 6-9 Norfolk State Little Rock, Ark.
Joe Bryant, Jr. G Sr. 6-1 Norfolk State Norfolk, Va.
Justin Wright G Jr. 6-1 North Carolina Central Greenville, N.C.

SECOND TEAM

Name Pos. Class Ht. School Hometown
Steve Settle III F r-Jr. 6-10 Howard Glenarden, Md.
Da’Shawn Phillip G Sr. 6-5 Maryland Eastern Shore Baltimore, Md.
Malik Miller G Sr. 6-4 Morgan State Washington, D.C.
Eric Boone F r-Sr. 6-2 North Carolina Central Lexington, Ky.
Kris Monroe F Sr. 6-8 North Carolina Central Raleigh, N.C.

THIRD TEAM

Name Pos. Class Ht. School Hometown
Corey Perkins G So. 6-2 Delaware State Wilmington, Del.
Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. F Gr. 6-5 Maryland Eastern Shore Richmond, Va.
Dana Tate F r-Sr. 6-7 Norfolk State Boston, Mass.
Brendan Medley-Bacon C Sr. 7-1 North Carolina Central Baltimore, Md.
Rahsaan Edwards G Jr. 5-11 South Carolina State Charles Town, W.Va.

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

School (First-Place Votes) Points
1. Norfolk State (15) 127
2. North Carolina Central (1) 102
3. Howard 93
4. Morgan State 81
5. Coppin State 67
6. Maryland Eastern Shore 46
t-7. Delaware State 30
t-7. South Carolina State 30
Courtesy: MEAC


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