Brooklyn, NY----Announced by the CUNYAC on Thursday, the Brooklyn College men's basketball team was picked third in this year's Preseason Coaches Poll. Last year's conference champs, Lehman was picked to repeat and CCNY was picked second.  Brooklyn finished ahead of Baruch, John Jay, York, Hunter, and Medgar Evers.  In addition, Brooklyn senior guard, D'aze Hunter  was picked as Player to Watch this season.  

The Bulldogs finished with a 9-5 conference record (11-15 Overall) and earned the #2 seed in last year's CUNYAC Championship Tournament.  Brooklyn opens the 2026-27 Season at SUNY New Paltz on Friday, November 6.  

A Second Team All-Conference selection last year, Hunter was the Bulldogs' second-leading scorer (8.9 ppg) and ranked fourth in the conference in assists (89).