Courtesy of The SWAC
ATLANTA, Ga.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will host its annual Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Days on Thursday, September 19 (WBB) and Friday, September 20 (MBB) at 9:00 a.m. CST on both days at the Georgia International Convention Center located in Atlanta. All SWAC head men’s and women’s basketball coaches and two student-athletes from each HBCU basketball team will be in attendance to address the media regarding the upcoming 2024 basketball seasons. The league will also announce the 2024 SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Preseason Teams as well as the Predicted Order of Finish at the events.
2024-25 Preseason Men’s Basketball Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Kintavious Dozier, Grambling State
Defensive Player of the Year
Kenny Hunter, Texas Southern
All-SWAC First Team
Kintavious Dozier, Grambling State
T.J. Madlock, Alabama State
Tidjiane Dioumassi, Southern
Shannon Grant, Jackson State
Chad Moodie, Alabama A&M
All-SWAC Second Team
Grayson Carter, Texas Southern
C.J. Hines, Alabama State
Kenny Hunter, Texas Southern
Ubong Okon, Alabama State
Lorenzo Downey, Alabama A&M
Predicted Order of Finish
- Grambling State- 212 (10)
- Texas Southern- 200 (3)
- Southern- 160 (1)
- Jackson State- 153 (1)
- Alcorn State- 144 (1)
- Alabama State- 122 (1)
- Prairie View A&M- 121 (1)
- Bethune-Cookman- 109 (2)
- Alabama A&M- 106
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff- 70
- Florida A&M- 63
- Mississippi Valley State- 32
*First place votes listed in parenthesis