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UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
SWAC HOOP PICKS: Defending champion Alabama State had three players
named to the all-Southwestern Athletic Conference men's preseason basketball
team, including Player of the Year, Tyrone Levett, but Alcorn State
edged out the Hornets as the team picked to win the conference. On the women's
side, Grambling State junior forward Shrieka Evans was picked as
the preseason "Player of the Year" and Prairie View A&M center
Tanisha Lee was tabbed preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Southern
edged out Alabama State as the women's team to beat this year. The selections,
voted on by the league's head coaches, were announced at the SWAC Media Day in
Birmingham, Al., on Oct. 11.
| MEN - ORDER OF FINISH | WOMEN - ORDER OF FINISH |
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| 1. Alcorn State | 1. Southern |
| 2. Alabama State | 2. Alabama State |
| 3. Alabama A&M | 3. Grambling State |
| 4. Southern | 4. Alcorn State |
| 5. Jackson State | 5. Texas Southern |
| 6. Grambling State | 6. Prairie View A&M |
| 7. Prairie View A&M | 7. Alabama A&M |
| 8. Mississippi Valley State | 8. Jackson State |
| 9. Texas Southern | 9. Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 10. Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10.Mississippi Valley State |
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MEN - FIRST TEAM
Desmond Cambridge, Alabama A&M, (6-0, 175, Sr., G, Nashville,TN
Marcus Fleming, Alcorn State (6-8, 215, Sr., F, Fayette, MS)
Tyrone Levett, Alabama State (6-5 Sr., F, Notasulga, AL),
Alvin Pettway, Alabama State ( 6-9 Jr., C ,Montgomery, AL)
Joey
Ball, Alabama State (6-2 Sr., G, Andalusia, Ala.)
SECOND TEAM
Walter Harper, Alcorn State (6-8, 225, Sr., C, Jackson, MS)
Richard Bradley, Jackson State (6-3, 230, Sr., F, Jackson, MS)
Paul Haynes, Grambling State (6-8, 215 , So., F, Auburn Hills, MI)
Ashley Robinson, Miss. Valley St. (5-8, 170 Sr., G, Jackson, MS)
Steve
Ward, Alabama A&M, (6-3, 200, Sr., G, Birmingham, AL)
WOMEN - FIRST TEAM
Shameka Jackson, Alabama State ( 5-10, So, F, Saginaw, MI)
Jacklyn Winfield, Southern (5-8, Sr., G, Wesson, MS)
Shrieka Evans, Grambling State, (5-10,Jr. G, Lisbon, LA)
Tanisha Lee, Prairie View A&M (F/C, 6-2, Jr., Flint, MI)
Tammy
Bullock, Southern (6-1, Sr., Forward, Natchitoches, LA)
SECOND TEAM
Nichole Miller, Alabama State ( 5-8, Jr, G, Detroit, MI)
Kanesha Randle, Texas Southern (6-1, Sr., F, San Angelo, TX)
Chovanique Kibble, Grambling State (Jr., F, Houston, TX)
Kenya Lockhart, Ark.-Pine Bluff (5-10, Sr., F/C, Camden AR)
Tremesha Colbert, Southern (5-10 Jr., F, Monticello, AR)
CIAA HOOP PICKS: North Carolina Central (West) and Virginia State
(East) were picked as the women's favorites while Fayetteville State (West)
and Shaw (East) garnered the honors for the men as the CIAA coaches'
preseason choices for league honors were unveiled Oct. 11 at the conference's
annual press conference in Raleigh. Players of the year from 2000, North Carolina
Central center Amba Kongolo (women) and St. Paul's center Derrick
Singleton (men) led a cast of 12 players selected to the preseason all-CIAA
team.
Women's - Predicted Order of Finish
| WESTERN DIVISION | EASTERN DIVISION |
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| North Carolina Central University | Virginia State University |
| Fayetteville State University | Saint Paul's College |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Elizabeth City State |
| Livingstone College | Bowie State University |
| Winston-Salem State University | Shaw University |
| Saint Augustine's College | Virginia Union University |
Women's Basketball Pre-Season Team
Front Court
Daminicia Moody, Eliz. City St., SR, F , 6'0", Virginia Beach,
VA
Kimberly Bedgood, Eliz. City St., JR, F, 5'9", Tuskegee, AL
Tonya Bowman, Fayetteville State, JR, C, 6'0", Malboro, MD
Amba Kongolo, N. C. Central, SR, C, 6'3", Kinshasa, Zaire
Sheba Fulwood, St. Augustine's, SR , F, 5'11", Bolivia, NC
Quinn Lewis, St. Paul's, JR, C, 6'1", Orange, NJ
Rolynda
Contee, Virginia State, SR, C, 6'0', Baltimore, MD
Back Court
Raquita Washington, Eliz. City St., SR, G, 5'4", Norfolk, VA
Blanche Doctor, J. C. Smith, SR, G, 5'11", Goldsboro, NC
Erica Deas, Livingstone, SR, G, 5'10", Sumpter, NC
Zakia VanHoose, N. C. Central, SR, G, 5'6", Rochester, NY
Gail
Allen, St. Paul's, SR, G, 5'8", Newark, NJ,
Men's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
| WESTERN DIVISION | EASTERN DIVISION |
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| Fayetteville State University | Shaw University |
| Winston-Salem State University | Virginia Union University |
| Johnson C. Smith University | Bowie State University |
| Saint Augustine's College | Elizabeth City State |
| Livingstone College | Virginia State University |
| North Carolina Central University | Saint Paul's College |
Men's Basketball Pre-Season Team
Front Court
Tim Washington, Bowie State, JR, C, 6'8", 225, Washington,
DC
Kenny Haywood, Fayv. St., SO, F, 6'3", 230, Fayetteville, NC
Jamaal Young, J. C. Smith, SR, C , 6'7", 225, Brooklyn, NY
Charles Ward, St. Augustine's, SR, F, 6'6", 224, Little River,
SC
Derick Singleton, St. Paul's ,SR, F, 6'7" , 205, W-Salem, NC
Kadiri Richard, Virginia Union, SR ,F, 6'7", 220, Columbia,
SC
Marcus Best, Winston-Salem State, SR, F, 6'2", 190, Fayv.,
NC
Back Court
Antoine Sims, J. C. Smith, SR, G, 5'10", 175, Buffalo, NY
Patrick Pope, St. Augustine's, JR, G, 6'0', 160, Clinton, MD
Ronald Murray, Shaw, SR , G, 6'4", 205, Philadelphia, PA
Lavar Griffin, Virginia State, SR, G, 6'1", 190, Chesapeake,
VA
Devonaire Deas, W-Salem State, SR, G, 6'6", 190, Albany,
NY
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