HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College has been picked eighth in the 2021-22 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. The Tigers garnered 57 points for eighth among the 12 schools. H-SC finished 2-4 overall last season, including 1-3 in the ODAC, before the College's Health and Safety Protocols forced an end to the campaign and prevented the program from participating in the post-season ODAC Tournament.
Two-time defending ODAC Tournament Champion Randolph-Macon College was picked first with 121 points, earning 11 first-place votes, as the Yellow Jackets enter the season ranked No. 1 in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25. Roanoke College was picked second with 102 points and had the other first-place vote, and was followed in the poll by Virginia Wesleyan University (98), the University of Lynchburg (94), Guilford College (88), Washington and Lee University (66), Ferrum College (58), H-SC (57), Bridgewater College (42), Randolph College (28), Eastern Mennonite University (27) and Shenandoah University (11).
"The ODAC is talented from top to bottom and this year is no different," said third-year head coach
Caleb Kimbrough. "We love our team, and we look forward to the competition come league play."
H-SC returns 12 lettermen among 14 returning team members from last season, including all five starters, while adding three newcomers for this year. Returning starters include fifth-year forward and third-year team captain
Jake Hahn (Ruckersville), senior forward/center and second-year team captain
Jack Wyatt (Richmond), junior guards
Ryan Clements (Conyers, GA) and first-year team captain
Chase Turner (Virginia Beach), along with sophomore guard
Adam Brazil (Mooresville, NC). In addition, sophomores
Josiah Hardy (Ashburn),
Davidson Hubbard (Charlotte, NC) and
DJ Wright (Greensboro, GA) each saw lots of playing time with Hardy and Wright earning starts, as well.
Hahn (6-6) is a two-time All-ODAC selection (2019-20, 2021), starting all six games last year and averaging 14.3 points and 8.0 rebounds. Wyatt (6-8) was an All-ODAC honoree in 2019-20 when he started all 27 games and averaged 16.6 points and 7.5 rebounds—he started four of five games last winter and averaged 7.4 points and 5.8 rebounds. Clements (6-3) started four of six games and averaged 9.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.7 steals. Turner (6-2) started all six games and averaged 4.2 points and 3.3 rebounds. Brazil (5-10) started five of five games and averaged 6.0 points and 2.6 rebounds. Wright (5-9) started one of six games, averaging 10.5 points, Hardy (6-6) started three of six games, averaging 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds, while Hubbard played in all six games, averaging 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds.
Coach Kimbrough is aided this year by third-year assistant coach
Bryson Gibson and first-year assistant coach
Trey Livingston.
H-SC will open the campaign with a non-conference contest at home against Greensboro College (NC) on Friday, November 5, at 6 p.m. in S. Douglas Fleet Gymnasium at Kirby Field House.
The complete ODAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll is below. The official ODAC release can be found
online.
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