Howard won both MEAC basketball tournaments last spring and the expectation is a similar result this season.
The Bison men and women were both the top preseason pick for MEAC basketball ahead of the conference’s annual Media Day, which takes places Friday Oct. 23.
The Bison women, who lost just one conference game en route to a 26-8 record and an NCAA tournament appearance, collected 10 first place votes while Maryland-Eastern Shore, ranked 3rd, picked up the other one.
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Norfolk State was selected 2nd, Coppin State 4th, Morgan State 5th, North Carolina Central 6th, Delaware State 7th and South Carolina State 8th.
The Howard men won 24 games overall and went 11-3 in MEAC play in 2025-26. The Bison held off North Carolina Central 70-63 in the MEAC championship game, then defeated Maryland-Baltimore County in the First Four for the program’s first NCAA tournament victory. The Bison lost their first-round matchup to eventual national champion Michigan.
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Howard collected 6 first place votes while Morgan State (2nd) and Norfolk State (3rd) each earned a first-place vote. Rounding out the preseason rankings are North Carolina Central 4th, South Carolina State 5th, Coppin State and Delaware State tied for 6th and Maryland Eastern Shore 8th.
