ARLINGTON, Va. – The Colonial Athletic Association released its 2016-17 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll and complete television schedule on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the league's annual Media Day in Arlington, Va. In addition, Elon University men's basketball has announced all game times for the upcoming season.
 
Sophomore forward Tyler Seibring was named as an honorable mention on the 2016-17 CAA Preseason All-Conference team. Elon as a team was selected eighth in the poll, as the Phoenix enters its third season in the CAA.
 
Elon is coming off of a 16-16 record, including a 7-11 mark in conference play during the 2015-16 season. The Phoenix welcomes back four starters in senior guard Luke Eddy (10.5 ppg, 4.5 apg), senior forward Christian Hairston (8.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg), junior guard Dmitri Thompson (9.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg), as well as Seibring (9.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg). The team has a total of 14 returning players and welcomes its lone newcomer Seth Fuller (Fr., G, 5-11, 170, Dublin, Ohio) to the fold.
 
In addition to the preseason prognostications, the CAA announced its full television package for the 2016-17 season. Elon will be on television a total of six times during the year. Below is a list of the Elon games will be on television. For the full 2016-17 Phoenix schedule with game times, click here.
 

Date	Time	Opponent	Network
Nov. 17	7:00 p.m.	at South Florida	ESPN3
Dec. 4	1:30 p.m.	at Georgetown	FS1
Dec. 21	6:00 p.m.	Duke	ESPN2
Feb. 2	7:00 p.m.	James Madison	American Sports Network (ASN)
Feb 4	5:00 p.m.	at College of Charleston	WCIV
Feb. 11	4:00 p.m.	UNCW	American Sports Network (ASN)

Following a Nov. 1 home exhibition against Randolph College, Elon opens the 2016-17 regular season on Nov. 11 inside Alumni Gym against William Peace at 8 p.m.

Season tickets for the 2016-17 season are currently on sale now and are the only way to guarantee your seat in Alumni Gym this season. Order tickets online here or call the Elon Athletics Ticket Office at 336-278-6750 today.
 
2016-17 CAA Men's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
1. UNCW (37 first-place votes) - 361
2. Towson (2 first-place votes) - 278
3. William & Mary (1 first-place vote) - 275
4. College of Charleston - 267
5. James Madison - 227
6. Hofstra - 207
7. Northeastern - 136
8. Elon - 134
9. Drexel - 63
10. Delaware - 52
 
2016-17 CAA Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams
 

First Team	Class	Position	Hometown/High School
William Adala Moto, Towson	Sr.	F	Yaounde, Cameroon/Episcopal
Jarrell Brantley, Charleston	So.	F	Columbia, S.C./Notre Dame Prep
Chris Flemmings, UNCW	Sr.	G	Cary, N.C./Green Hope
Rokas Gustys, Hofstra	Jr.	F/C	Kaunas, Lithuania/Oak Hill Academy
Omar Prewitt, William & Mary	Sr.	G/F	Mount Sterling, Ky./Montgomery Co.

 

Second Team	Class	Position	Hometown/High School
Shakir Brown, James Madison	Sr.	G/F	Baltimore, Md./Patterson
Daniel Dixon, William & Mary	Sr.	G	Great Falls, Va./Langley
Denzel Ingram, UNCW	Sr.	G	Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill
Cameron Johnson, Charleston	Jr.	G	Athens, Ga./Clarke Central
Mike Morsell, Towson	Jr.	G	Fort Washington, Md./St. John's

 
CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Chris Flemmings, UNCW
 
Honorable Mention: Brian Bernardi, Sr., G, Hofstra; CJ Bryce, So., G, UNCW; Chivarsky Corbett, So., G/F, Delaware; Yohanny Dalembert, Sr., F, James Madison; Jeremy Miller, So., F, Northeastern; Tyler Seibring, So., F, Elon; Rodney Williams, Sr., F, Drexel