RICHMOND — William & Mary junior Gabe Dorsey was named to the All-CAA Preseason Team the league announced on Monday in conjunction with its annual media day.
Dorsey was one of eight players named to the honorable mention list and one of 18 recognized by the league with five on the first team and another five on the second team.
One of the top shooters in the country, Dorsey started 25 games last season and finished the year ranked 25th in the CAA at 10.9 points per game. The 6-6 wing led the CAA in both 3-point % at 44.4% and 3-pointers made per game at 3.04. Those numbers ranked fourth and 18th nationally, respectively. He twice scored a career-high 21 points in CAA play, accomplishing the feat against Hofstra and North Carolina A&T last season.
The Tribe was picked exactly where it finished in the CAA last season at No. 8 in the preseason poll by vote of the league coaches. Charleston was selected to repeat as the CAA Champion, garnering 10 of the 14 first-place votes, while UNCW (3) was second followed by Drexel (1) in third. Hofstra was fourth in front of Delaware and Towson tied for fifth and Northeastern in seventh. Stony Brook, Elon, Monmouth, Campbell, Hampton, and North Carolina A&T round out the CAA preseason poll.
The Tribe returns a trio of starters and nine letterwinners from last season. W&M’s 7.5-game improvement in 2022-23 ranked second in the CAA and among the top 30 in the country. The Green and Gold, which ranked second in the CAA and 48th nationally in 3-point % last season, advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament behind a 73-51 win over Elon in March. The Tribe welcomes five newcomers this season, including a trio of transfers in graduate student Sean Houpt (Florida Tech), junior Caleb Dorsey (Penn State), and sophomore Trey Moss (South Florida).
Drexel’s Amari Williams was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year. He headlined the first team along with returning all-league players in Charleston’s Ante Brzovic, Hofstra’s Tyler Thomas, Towson’s Charles Thompson and UNCW’s Trazarien White. The second team consisted of Delaware’s Jyáre Davis, Campbell’s Anthony Dell’Orso, Elon’s Max MacKinnon, Charleston’s Reyne Smith and Stony Brook’s Tyler Stephenson-Moore.
Dorsey was joined in the honorable mention group by Northeastern’s Chris Doherty, Darlinstone Dubar of Hofstra, UNCW’s Maleeck Harden-Hayes, Justin Moore of Drexel; Hampton’s Jordan Nesbitt, Frankie Policelli of Charleston, and Monmouth’s Xander Rice.
W&M opens the season against Regent University on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. The game will be part of a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader as the Tribe women face Norfolk State at 5 p.m.
2023-24 CAA Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
| Rank. | Team (1st) | Points |
| 1. | Charleston (10) | 165 |
| 2. | UNCW (3) | 157 |
| 3. | Drexel (1) | 140 |
| 4. | Hofstra | 137 |
| t5. | Delaware | 115 |
| t5. | Towson | 115 |
| 7. | Northeastern | 84 |
| 8. | William & Mary | 77 |
| 9. | Stony Brook | 76 |
| 10. | Elon | 62 |
| 11. | Monmouth | 50 |
| 12. | Campbell | 45 |
| 13. | Hampton | 31 |
| 14. | North Carolina A&T | 20 |
Preseason Player of the Year: Amari Williams, Drexel
2023-24 All-CAA Preseason First Team
| Name | School | Class | Position | Hometown |
| Ante Brzovic | Charleston | Jr. | F | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Tyler Thomas | Hofstra | Gr. | G | New Haven, Conn. |
| Charles Thompson | Towson | Gr. | F | Fort Washington, Md. |
| Trazarien White | UNCW | Jr. | F | Mansfield, Texas |
| Amari Williams | Drexel | Sr. | F | Nottingham, England |
2023-24 All-CAA Preseason Second Team
| Name | School | Class | Position | Hometown |
| Jyáre Davis | Delaware | R-Jr. | F | Newark, Del. |
| Anthony Dell’Orso | Campbell | So. | G | Melbourne, Australia |
| Max MacKinnon | Elon | So. | G | Brisbane, Australia |
| Reyne Smith | Charleston | Jr. | G | Ulverstone, Australia |
| Tyler Stephenson-Moore | Stony Brook | Gr. | G | Jamaica, N.Y. |
Honorable Mention: Gabe Dorsey, Jr., G/F William & Mary, Chris Doherty, Gr., F, Northeastern; Darlinstone Dubar, Jr., G, Hofstra; Maleeck Harden-Hayes, Gr., G, UNCW; Justin Moore, So., G, Drexel; Jordan Nesbitt, Jr., G, Hampton; Frankie Policelli, Gr., F, Charleston; Xander Rice, Gr., G, Monmouth
