Gabe Dorsey Earns Preseason All-CAA Honors

RICHMOND, Va. - William & Mary junior Gabe Dorsey was named to the All-CAA Preseason Team the league announced on Monday in conjunction with its annual Media Day.

Dorsey was one of eight players named to the honorable mention list and one of 18 recognized by the league with five on the first team and another five on the second team.

One of the top shooters in the country, Dorsey started 25 games last season and finished the year ranked 25th in the CAA at 10.9 points per game. The 6-6 wing led the CAA in both 3-point % at 44.4% and 3-pointers made per game at 3.04. Those numbers ranked fourth and 18th nationally, respectively. He twice scored a career-high 21 points in CAA play, accomplishing the feat against Hofstra and North Carolina A&T last season.

The Tribe was picked exactly where it finished in the CAA last season at No. 8 in the preseason poll by vote of the league coaches. College of Charleston was selected to repeat as the CAA Champion, garnering 10 of the 14 first-place votes, while UNCW (3) was second followed by Drexel (1) in third. Hofstra was fourth in front of Delaware and Towson tied for fifth and Northeastern in seventh. Stony Brook, Elon, Monmouth, Campbell, Hampton, and North Carolina A&T round out the CAA preseason poll.

The Tribe returns a trio of starters and nine letterwinners from last season. W&M's 7.5-game improvement in 2022-23 ranked second in the CAA and among the top 30 in the country. The Green and Gold, which ranked second in the CAA and 48th nationally in 3-point % last season, advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament behind a 73-51 win over Elon in March. The Tribe welcomes five newcomers this season, including a trio of transfers in graduate student Sean Houpt (Florida Tech), junior Caleb Dorsey (Penn State), and sophomore Trey Moss (South Florida).

Drexel's Amari Williams was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year. He headlined the first team along with returning all-league players in Charleston's Ante Brzovic, Hofstra's Tyler Thomas, Towson's Charles Thompson and UNCW's Trazarien White.
The second team consisted of Delaware's Jyáre Davis, Campbell's Anthony Dell'Orso, Elon's Max MacKinnon, Charleston's Reyne Smith and Stony Brook's Tyler Stephenson-Moore.

Dorsey was joined in the Honorable Mention group by Northeastern's Chris Doherty, Darlinstone Dubar of Hofstra, UNCW's Maleeck Harden-Hayes, Justin Moore of Drexel; Hampton's Jordan Nesbitt, Frankie Policelli of Charleston, and Monmouth's Xander Rice.

2023-24 CAA Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
Rank. Team (1st) Points
1. Charleston (10) 165
2. UNCW (3) 157
3. Drexel (1) 140
4. Hofstra 137
t5. Delaware 115
t5. Towson 115
7. Northeastern 84
8. William & Mary 77
9. Stony Brook 76
10. Elon 62
11. Monmouth 50
12. Campbell 45
13. Hampton 31
14. North Carolina A&T 20

Preseason Player of the Year: Amari Williams, Drexel

Chris Doherty (Northeastern) is still playing???


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At least, he is now listed as a Graduate Student, so probably, no more than 2-3 more years of eligibility...

(10-19-2023 12:40 PM)billymac Wrote:  2023-24 CAA Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
Rank. Team (1st) Points
1. Charleston (10) 165
2. UNCW (3) 157
3. Drexel (1) 140
4. Hofstra 137
t5. Delaware 115
t5. Towson 115
7. Northeastern 84
8. William & Mary 77
9. Stony Brook 76
10. Elon 62
11. Monmouth 50
12. Campbell 45
13. Hampton 31
14. North Carolina A&T 20

Preseason Player of the Year: Amari Williams, Drexel

We are projected to finish in last place from the CAA members before Elon joined and 8 out 9 before the expansion in the last 3 years.

The CAA expansion severely weakened the league for MBB and creates an illusion of improvement for MBB.

Hopefully with the addition of more players and a new assistant coach our team can finish in the top 4 or 5.

IMO our MBB program either needs to make the semifinals in the CAA tournament or have a top 5 finish for Dane to remain for his final contract year in 24-25.


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If he has a winning season they won't let him go. They will claim improvement and worry about bigger problems like being broke.

All we need is for Charleston (A10) and the other six teams (?) ahead of us to all switch conferences and we should be good to go.

(10-19-2023 01:22 PM)ColonelEbirt Wrote:  Chris Doherty (Northeastern) is still playing???


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To be fair, had he not transferred everyone would say the same about Ben Wight.

I think it's hard to place much credence in preseason polls/awards. Having been a strong advocate for Charleston and Kelsey last year after seeing them in the Clarleston Classic, they lost three key players from that team that made them go, so, I'm not ready to crown them the strong favorite this year. Reyne Smith was not that impressive last year after a good rookie season,, and CofC grad transfer Frankie Policelli, as well as, Gabe Dorsey, are more deserving of 2nd team than Smith.