Fayetteville State women's, men's basketball picked to sweep CIAA Southern Division

With the 2023-24 CIAA basketball season set to begin in a month, the league announced its preseason all-conference teams and predicted order of finish Monday — and Fayetteville State is well-represented.

The Broncos have been picked to sweep the Southern Division in men's and women's basketball, as voted on by CIAA head coaches. The FSU men, one year removed from a CIAA Tournament championship, were picked to finish No. 1 in the conference overall.

Individually, FSU guard Aniylah Bryant from Havelock earned a first-team All-CIAA Preseason Team selection, and the Broncos' returning All-CIAA guard Tyler Foster, from Baltimore, Maryland, was named to the men's 2023-24 preseason squad.

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The Bronco men went 17-13 last season, winning the Southern Division title and falling one game short of a third straight CIAA championship appearance.

The FSU women wound up with an 18-7 record and another Southern Division crown — their fourth in the last five seasons. Their last CIAA Tournament championship came in 2020.

Here's the complete list of CIAA basketball all-preseason team selections and predicted order of finish.

2023-24 All-CIAA Women’s Basketball Preseason Team

Backcourt

• Amaya Tucker, Winston-Salem State*

• Aniylah Bryant, Fayetteville State

• NyAsia Blango, Elizabeth City State

• Anii Harris, Bowie State

• Kennedi Simmons, Winston-Salem State

Frontcourt

• Anyssa Fields, Lincoln (Pa.) *+

• Ny Langley, Virginia Union *

• Lauren Banks, St. Augustine’s *

• Katerra Myers, Bowie State

• Jessica Adams, Elizabeth City State

• Saniha Jackson, Bowie State

• Zoila Martinez, Virginia Union

* - Returning 2022-23 All-CIAA Selection ...... + - Returning 2022-23 Women’s Defensive Player of the Year

2023-24 CIAA Women’s Basketball Predicted Order of Finish

1. Elizabeth City State

2. Lincoln

3. Bowie State

4. Fayetteville State

5. Shaw

6. Claflin

7. Winston-Salem State

8. Virginia State

9. Johnson C. Smith

10. Virginia Union

11. Bluefield State

12. Livingstone

13. Saint Augustine's

Northern Division

1. Elizabeth City State

2. Lincoln

3. Bowie State

4. Virginia State

5. Virginia Union

6. Bluefield State

Southern Division

1. Fayetteville State

2. Shaw

3. Claflin

4. Winston-Salem State

5. Johnson C. Smith

6. Livingstone

7. Saint Augustine's

2023-24 All-CIAA Men’s Basketball Preseason Team

Backcourt

• Ezekiel Cannedy, Johnson C. Smith

• DJ Thomas, Shaw

• Jaquantae Harris, Elizabeth City State

• Isaac Parson, Winston-Salem State

• Reggie Hudson, Lincoln (Pa.)

Frontcourt

• Tyler Foster, Fayetteville State *

• Khyree Temple, Livingstone *

• Nemo Johnson, St. Augustine’s

• Jaylen Alston, Winston-Salem State

• Tre Richardson, Elizabeth City State

• Shayne Saigo, Shaw

• Tahj Harding, Virginia Union

* - Returning 2022-23 All-CIAA Selection

2023-24 CIAA Men’s Basketball Predicted Order of Finish

1. Fayetteville State

2. Claflin

3. Virginia Union

4. Winston-Salem State

5. Virginia State

6. Elizabeth City State

7. Lincoln

8. Shaw

9. Livingstone

10. Bowie State

11. Bluefield State

12. Johnson C. Smith

13. Saint Augustine's

Northern Division

1. Virginia Union

2. Virginia State

3. Elizabeth City State

4. Lincoln

5. Bowie State

6. Bluefield State

Southern Division

1. Fayetteville State

2. Claflin

3. Winston-Salem State

4. Shaw

5. Livingstone

6. Johnson C. Smith

7. Saint Augustine's

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville State men's, women's basketball all-ciaa preseason teams