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| Xavier's Sydney Coleman |
The Gold Rush, 23-9 last season and winner of the last three GCAC regular-season championships, received 2 1/2 first-place votes and 53 points to finish second in the poll. Talladega, the 2014 GCAC Tournament champion, is the preseason favorite after receiving 3 1/2 first-place votes and 54 points. Philander Smith was third with 52 points and received the other two first-place votes.
It's the seventh time in eight seasons that the Gold Rush were picked second or higher.
Coleman, a 6-foot-7 forward from Meridian, Miss., and a graduate of Meridian High School, averaged 12.9 points and a team-leading 6.9 rebounds last season, his first at Xavier. Coleman also led the team with a .543 field-goal percentage and 28 blocked shots, and he was the only XU player to start all 32 games.
Talladega senior guard Brandon Peters was named preseason GCAC Player of the Year. Also named preseason All-GCAC were Nathaniel Hill of Edward Waters, Ronald March of Philander Smith and Charles Winborne of Talladega. Xavier's Morris Wright did not make the team but received votes.
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball
2014-15 Preseason Coaches Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)
No. School Points
1. Talladega (3 1/2) 54
2. Xavier (2 1/2) 53
3. Philander Smith (2) 52
4. Edward Waters 38
5. SUNO 35
6. Tougaloo 20
7. Dillard 15
8. Voorhees 14
Xavier in previous GCAC polls
2013-14 — 1st
2012-13 — 1st
2011-12 — 1st
2010-11 — 1st
2009-10 — 2nd
2008-09 — 1st
2007-08 — 2nd
2006-07 — 3rd
2004-05 — 1st
2003-04 — 2nd
2002-03 — 2nd
2001-02 — 1st
1999-2000 — 1st
1993-94 — 1st
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information
Director
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