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Preseason Coaches Poll Names Plowden First Team All-MAC
November 03, 2021 | Men's Basketball
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference released the preseason coaches polls for the 2021-22 men's basketball season Wednesday morning (Nov. 3). For individual awards, Senior Daeqwon Plowden was selected to the Preseason First Team All-MAC. As for the team, the Falcons were picked to finish sixth in the MAC while also receiving one vote to win the MAC Tournament.
Plowden has earned All-MAC honors the past two seasons, being named Second Team All-MAC in 2019-20 and Third Team All-MAC in 2020-21. During last season, Plowden ranked fourth in the MAC for total rebounds with 202, averaging 7.8 per game. He also finished sixth in the conference for blocks per game with a mark of 0.9.
As a team, BGSU is coming off a 14-12 campaign in the 2020-21 season. The roster will look a bit different with six new faces joining the roster, consisting of five transfers and one freshman. The roster will feature five seniors and graduate students, five juniors, five sophomores and one freshman.
2021-22 MAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
MAC Tournament Champions: Buffalo (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)
Preseason All-MAC First Team
Daeqwon Plowden, 5th-Sr., G/F, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Sr., F, Buffalo
Jeenathan Williams, Sr., F, Buffalo
Ben Vander Plas, R-Sr., F, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, So., G, Toledo
Preseason All-MAC Second Team
K.J. Walton, Grad., G, Akron
Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Jr., G, Miami
Jason Carter 5th-Sr., F, Ohio
B. Artis White, So., G, Western Michigan
Up Next
The Falcons will kickoff their 2021-22 campaign with an exhibition at home on Thursday (Nov. 4) against Fairmont State. The contest is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff and fans can purchase tickets HERE.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' men's basketball team on social media
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGSUMHoops
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsumhoops'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcon Athletics'
Plowden has earned All-MAC honors the past two seasons, being named Second Team All-MAC in 2019-20 and Third Team All-MAC in 2020-21. During last season, Plowden ranked fourth in the MAC for total rebounds with 202, averaging 7.8 per game. He also finished sixth in the conference for blocks per game with a mark of 0.9.
As a team, BGSU is coming off a 14-12 campaign in the 2020-21 season. The roster will look a bit different with six new faces joining the roster, consisting of five transfers and one freshman. The roster will feature five seniors and graduate students, five juniors, five sophomores and one freshman.
2021-22 MAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
- Buffalo – 143 points (11 first place votes)
- Ohio – 126 points
- Toledo – 107 points (1)
- Kent State – 98 points
- Akron – 95 points
- Bowling Green – 93 points
- Miami – 92 points
- Ball State – 54 points
- Western Michigan – 44 points
- Central Michigan – 34 points
- Eastern Michigan – 29 points
- Northern Illinois – 21 points
MAC Tournament Champions: Buffalo (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)
Preseason All-MAC First Team
Daeqwon Plowden, 5th-Sr., G/F, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Sr., F, Buffalo
Jeenathan Williams, Sr., F, Buffalo
Ben Vander Plas, R-Sr., F, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, So., G, Toledo
Preseason All-MAC Second Team
K.J. Walton, Grad., G, Akron
Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Jr., G, Miami
Jason Carter 5th-Sr., F, Ohio
B. Artis White, So., G, Western Michigan
Up Next
The Falcons will kickoff their 2021-22 campaign with an exhibition at home on Thursday (Nov. 4) against Fairmont State. The contest is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff and fans can purchase tickets HERE.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' men's basketball team on social media
Twitter - @BGAthletics and @BGSUMHoops
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsumhoops'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcon Athletics'
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