BOSTON – The reigning America East Champion Vermont men's basketball team has been selected as the league favorite in the 2023-24 America East Preseason Poll. The Catamounts received six first-place votes and scored 62 points in the poll. America East also announced its Preseason All-Conference Team, which featured UVM guard
Aaron Deloney.
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Voting was conducted by the league's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own team. Last season's runner up UMass Lowell was picked second in the poll, receiving the three remaining first-place votes and a score of 55 points. Bryant (53 pts) and Binghamton (44 pts) rounded out the league's top four.
The Catamounts enter the 2023-24 campaign as preseason favorite for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Vermont has been selected first in the preseason poll nine times in 13 seasons under Cioffi Men's Basketball Head Coach
John Becker.
Deloney receives the Preseason All-Conference honor after earning America East Sixth Man of the Year in each of the last two seasons. The Portland, Ore. native ranked third on the Catamounts in scoring during league play last season, averaging 11.3 points per game off the bench.
2023-24 America East Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
| School |
Points (1st Place) |
| 1. Vermont |
62 (6) |
| 2. UMass Lowell |
55 (3) |
| 3. Bryant |
51 |
| 4. Binghamton |
44 |
| 5. Maine |
36 |
| 6. UMBC |
25 |
| 7. UAlbany |
23 |
| 8. New Hampshire |
18 |
| 9. NJIT |
10 |
2023-24 America East Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
| Player |
Yr. |
Pos. |
School |
| Abdoul Karim Coulibaly |
Sr. |
F |
UMass Lowell |
| Clarence Daniels |
Sr. |
F |
New Hampshire |
| Aaron Deloney |
Gr. |
G |
Vermont |
| Sharif Gross-Bullock |
Gr. |
G |
Bryant |
| Earl Timberlake |
Sr. |
G |
Bryant |
| Kellen Tynes |
Jr. |
G |
Maine |
UVM opens the 2023-24 regular season on Nov. 6 when it hosts Merrimack at 7:30 p.m. ET. Prior to the regular season, the Cats will host exhibitions against Catholic and Saint Michael's on Oct. 28 and Nov. 1.
Vermont will look to win its third straight America East Title for the second time in program history, and first since 2005.
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