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Minutemen Selected Eighth In A-10 Preseason Poll
November 10, 2020 | Men's Basketball
Tre Mitchell named to Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference First-Team
AMHERST, Mass. – With the college basketball season right around the corner, the Atlantic 10 announced its 2020-21 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll on Tuesday with the Massachusetts picked eighth in the conference. In addition, 2020 A-10 Rookie of the Year Tre Mitchell was selected to the league's Preseason All-Conference First-Team.
Mitchell, who was named to the 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List last week, is one of the top returners in all of the Atlantic 10. Mitchell burst onto the scene in Amherst with one of the top freshman seasons in program history in 2019-20. Mitchell, who was also named to the A-10 Second Team and to the league's rookie team, finished the year averaging 22.9 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game over his final nine games. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native became the first rookie since Marcus Camby in 1994 to be named to the Atlantic 10's First, Second or Third team.
Mitchell was a six-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since Rashaun Freeman in 2003-04, and broke the UMass freshman record for field goals in a season with 206, previously held by Jim McCoy (193 in 1988-89). Mitchell was also on pace to break the freshman points record, finishing eight shy of tying the program record of 555.
Head coach Matt McCall enters his fourth season at the helm of the Minutemen with arguably his most talented team since he arrived in Amherst with Mitchell flanked by T.J. Weeks, who had his season cut short due to injury in 2019-20, as well as senior captain Carl Pierre.
The Minutemen will also welcome a group of six newcomers in 2020-21: Ronnie DeGray III, Dyondre Dominguez, Noah Fernandes, Javohn Garcia, Mark Gasperini and Cairo McCrory.
"It's a very talented group," said McCall. "We needed this class to elevate and help get us to the top of the league, and we feel like we've done that with this group. This group coming in will have a year or two of prep school that will be ready to play from Day One, and I don't look at those guys like freshmen."
Richmond was picked to win the league with 380 poll points, including 19 first-place votes, followed by Saint Louis (364 poll points, seven first-place votes) and 2020 A-10 Regular Season Champion Dayton with 318 poll points (two first-place votes).
UMass is coming off a 2019-20 campaign that saw the Minutemen finish eighth in the Atlantic 10 standings, its highest finish since 2015, and earn a first-round bye in the conference tournament for the first time since 2016 before the championship was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
1. Richmond (19) 380
2. Saint Louis (7) 364
3. Dayton (2) 318
4. St. Bonaventure 307
5. Duquesne 278
6. Rhode Island 246
7. Davidson 229
8. Massachusetts 192
9. VCU 175
10 .George Mason 133
11. George Washington 113
12. Saint Joseph's 85
13. La Salle 80
14. Fordham 40
Mitchell, who was named to the 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List last week, is one of the top returners in all of the Atlantic 10. Mitchell burst onto the scene in Amherst with one of the top freshman seasons in program history in 2019-20. Mitchell, who was also named to the A-10 Second Team and to the league's rookie team, finished the year averaging 22.9 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game over his final nine games. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native became the first rookie since Marcus Camby in 1994 to be named to the Atlantic 10's First, Second or Third team.
Mitchell was a six-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since Rashaun Freeman in 2003-04, and broke the UMass freshman record for field goals in a season with 206, previously held by Jim McCoy (193 in 1988-89). Mitchell was also on pace to break the freshman points record, finishing eight shy of tying the program record of 555.
Head coach Matt McCall enters his fourth season at the helm of the Minutemen with arguably his most talented team since he arrived in Amherst with Mitchell flanked by T.J. Weeks, who had his season cut short due to injury in 2019-20, as well as senior captain Carl Pierre.
The Minutemen will also welcome a group of six newcomers in 2020-21: Ronnie DeGray III, Dyondre Dominguez, Noah Fernandes, Javohn Garcia, Mark Gasperini and Cairo McCrory.
"It's a very talented group," said McCall. "We needed this class to elevate and help get us to the top of the league, and we feel like we've done that with this group. This group coming in will have a year or two of prep school that will be ready to play from Day One, and I don't look at those guys like freshmen."
Richmond was picked to win the league with 380 poll points, including 19 first-place votes, followed by Saint Louis (364 poll points, seven first-place votes) and 2020 A-10 Regular Season Champion Dayton with 318 poll points (two first-place votes).
UMass is coming off a 2019-20 campaign that saw the Minutemen finish eighth in the Atlantic 10 standings, its highest finish since 2015, and earn a first-round bye in the conference tournament for the first time since 2016 before the championship was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
1. Richmond (19) 380
2. Saint Louis (7) 364
3. Dayton (2) 318
4. St. Bonaventure 307
5. Duquesne 278
6. Rhode Island 246
7. Davidson 229
8. Massachusetts 192
9. VCU 175
10 .George Mason 133
11. George Washington 113
12. Saint Joseph's 85
13. La Salle 80
14. Fordham 40
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