
Fifth-year senior Timmy Hackett is coming off a 47-point season for defending league champion Bryant. (Bryant Athletics)
With new seasons upon us, we are previewing every D-1 men’s and women’s team in New England, by conference.
This post focuses on the region’s men's teams in America East, where Bryant won the title last spring in its debut season, and with a first-year head coach in Brad Ross.
There are storylines up and down the conference, including Merrimack striving to make the postseason tournament in its first year of eligibility, and Vermont looking to return to the form that saw it claim league titles in 2021 and '22.
Here is a look at the region’s four teams in the conference.