The 2009–10 MEAC men's basketball season marks the 39th season of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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Preseason

The MEAC season started on a tragic note, as Hampton captain Theo Smalling was shot and killed in an accidental shooting outside a nightclub. The incident took place on October 24 and Smalling died two days later.

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference coaches and sports information directors voted Morgan State the preaseason #1 and Norfolk State senior guard Michael DeLoach the preseason player of the year.

MEAC Preseason Poll

Rank	Team	Votes
1	Morgan State (20)	476
2	South Carolina State	388
3	Norfolk State	310
4	Hampton (1)	305
5	Bethune-Cookman	292
6	North Carolina A&T	258
7	Coppin State	234
8	Florida A&M (1)	154
9	Delaware State	134
10	Howard	104
11	Maryland Eastern Shore	88

Preseason All-MEAC Team

First team

• Michael DeLoach, Norfolk State
• Reggie Holmes, Morgan State
• Jason Flagler, South Carolina State
• Neal Pitt, Maryland Eastern Shore
• Sam Coleman, Coppin State

Second team

• C. J. Reed, Bethune-Cookman
• Vincent Simpson, Hampton
• Michael Harper, Coppin State
• Kevin Thompson, Morgan State
• Paul Kirkpatrick, Howard

Preseason Player of the Year

• Michael DeLoach, Norfolk State

External links

• MEAC Official website