It will be a full decade next year since the South Carolina State men’s basketball team last appeared in the NCAA tournament.

The rest of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference apparently believes this dry spell will continue. Coming off the worst season in school history, the Bulldogs were picked to finish last by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors.

S.C. State received only 62 voting points, well behind 1st place and defending regular-season champion Savannah State (616) which received 24 of 26 first-place votes. Second-place Delaware State and fourth place MEAC tournament champion Norfolk State received the other first-place votes. read more…