Ranked fourth (AP) and eighth (ESPN/USA Today) in going 30-5 and winning the Big East regular season title...Syracuse, which recorded its 40th consecutive winning season in 2009-10, advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament...the Orange return 11 players, including junior forward Kris Joseph, who averaged 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds a game...senior guard Scoop Jardine posted averages of 9.1 points and a team-high 4.3 assists a game...Hall of Fame head coach Jim Boeheim earned national Coach of the Year honors in 2009-10...Syracuse won the 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic and the 2009 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
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Began the 2009-10 season ranked 15th in both polls...the Wolverines were the youngest team in the Big Ten last season and return 10 players in 2010-11...junior guard Zack Novak averaged 7.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg and is the leading returning player in both categories...junior guard Stu Douglass netted 6.8 points a game to go along with handing out 2.5 assists per outing...nine of Michigan's losses were by seven points or less.
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Posted a 23-13 record and advanced to the championship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and the second round of the NCAA Tournament...the NCAA trip was the 16th in school history and its 24th postseason bid...the Yellow Jackets return 12 players, including junior guard Iman Shumpert, who averaged 10.0 points and a team-high 4.0 assists a game...sophomore forward Brian Oliver tallied 7.1 points per game.
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The Miners posted a 26-7 record and won the Conference USA regular season title...UTEP also earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005...the Miners are led by senior guard Randy Culpepper, who paced UTEP in scoring with a 17.9 ppg average to earn Conference USA Player of the Year honors...senior forward Jeremy Williams posted averages of 10.0 points and 4.7 rebounds an outing...the Miners will be under the direction of first-year head coach Tim Floyd, won has amassed 328 wins during his career, which includes stops at Idaho, New Orleans, Iowa State, and USC.
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Albany Great Danes – Head Coach: Will Brown (America East Conference)
Albany returns 12 players from last season, seven of whom were freshmen in 2009-10...leading the Great Danes is senior guard Tim Ambrose, who tallied 12.4 points a game and led Albany in rebounding (5.3 rpg) and assists (2.8 apg)...among the freshmen who are now sophomores, guard Mike Black averaged 7.2 points and 2.4 assists a game in being named to the America East All-Rookie team...head coach Will Brown has taken the Danes to the AEC Tournament semifinals three times in the last five years.
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Bowling Green Falcons – Head Coach: Louis Orr (Mid-American Conference)
After winning the Mid-American Conference championship in 2009 and losing four of its top five scorers from that team, Bowling Green was a respectable 14-16 last season...this year nine players return, including the Falcons' top two scorers...junior forward Scott Thomas averaged a team-best 13.2 ppg to go with a 6.3 rpg average to earn honorable mention All-MAC acclaim...junior guard Dee Brown registered 10.6 ppg.
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Detroit Titans – Head Coach: Ray McCallum (Horizon League)
Detroit went 20-14 in 2009-10, marking the team's first winning season in six years and the first 20-win campaign since 2000-01...the reason was three players who each earned a spot on the Horizon League All-Newcomer team...junior guard Chase Simon led the Titans in scoring (14.0 ppg) while also earning all-league second-team recognition...senior forward Xavier Keeling (12.4 ppg) and junior center Eli Holman (11.8 ppg, team-high 8.9 rpg) joined Simon on the newcomer squad...this year head coach Ray McCallum welcomes his son, Ray McCallum, who is rated among the nation's Top 20 prospects by ESPN.com.
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Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs – Head Coach: Chris Holtmann (Big South Conference)
The Bulldogs, who have been playing at the Division I level since the 2000-01 season, will be under the direction of a new head coach Chris Holtmann...senior forward Jonathan Moore is GWU's leading returning scorer at 10.0 ppg...junior Joshua Henley hauled down a team-best 7.3 rebounds a game in becoming just the second player in Big South Conference history to record 500 career rebounds in just two seasons.
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Mercer Bears – Head Coach: Bob Hoffman (Atlantic Sun Conference)
Mercer posted a 16-17 record in advancing to the title game of the Atlantic Sun Tournament...last year marked the first time the Bears had won an A-Sun Tournament game since 2003 and their first trip to the championship match since 1996...13 players return from that team, led by senior guard Jeff Smith, who compiled 11.6 points and 3.6 assists a game...senior forward Brandon Moore averaged 7.8 points and 4.2 rebounds.
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Niagara Purple Eagles – Head Coach: Joe Mihalich (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Niagara advanced to the semifinals of the MAAC Tournament en route to an 18-15 record...head coach Joe Mihalich ranks second all-time on the Purple Eagles' wins list with 223 victories...senior guard Anthony Nelson returns after posting 9.9 ppg and a team-best 5.0 apg...he enters the season second all-time at Niagara with 500 career assists...junior forward Kashief Edwards tallied 7.8 ppg a year ago.
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Western Carolina Catamounts – Head Coach: Larry Hunter (Southern Conference)
The Catamounts set a Division I school record with 22 wins last season in going 22-12, their first winning season since 1996-97 and first 20-win season since 1971-72...in addition, their 11 Southern Conference wins tied a school record...in advancing to the collegeinsider.com tournament, WCU reached the postseason for the first time since the 1996 NCAA Tournament...senior guard Mike Williams is WCU's leading returning scorer at 10.0 ppg...junior backcourt mate Harouna Mutombo netted 9.4 ppg and led the team with a 4.6 rpg average.
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William & Mary Tribe – Head Coach: Tony Shaver (Colonial Athletic Association)
William & Mary went 22-11 in 2009-10, advancing to the championship game of the CAA Tournament for the second time in three years...the Tribe were rewarded with their second postseason bid ever when they were accorded an NIT berth...junior swingman Quinn McDowell leads the Tribe this season and is coming off a 13.9 ppg and 4.3 rpg campaign...senior forward Marcus Kitts led W&M in rebounding (6.3 rpg) while scoring at a 7.0 ppg clip...a year ago, the Tribe set a CAA record with 279 three-pointers.
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