The UAlbany men’s basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the America East Conference preseason poll, which was released Thursday.
Stony Brook led the 10-team field and earned five first-place votes. No. 2 Vermont collected four first-place votes, while No. 3 New Hampshire also garned a first-place vote.
Defending league tournament champion Hartford was predicted to finish fourth, and — in order — UMBC, UMass Lowell, UAlbany, NJIT, Maine and Binghamton followed in the poll.
No UAlbany player made the preseason all-conference team, which consisted of Vermont’s Ryan Davis and Ben Shungu, New Hampshire’s Nick Guadarrama and Jayden Martinez, Stony Brook’s Elijah Olaniyi and Hartford’s Austin Williams.
UAlbany’s season starts with a Nov. 9 non-conference home game against Towson. The Great Danes finished 7-9 last season and are led by new head coach Dwayne Killings.
AMERICA EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
First-place votes in parentheses
School Points
Stony Brook 77 (5)
Vermont 74 (4)
New Hampshire 64 (1)
Hartford 56
UMBC 49
UMass Lowell 43
UAlbany 34
NJIT 23
Maine 16
Binghamton 14
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