NEW ORLEANS – The Stillman College men's basketball 2026-27 season is just days away, and the Tigers have received preseason accolades as Dasean Sellers is named First Team All-HBCU Athletic Conference, as voted on by the coaches. 

Sellers, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, finished last season with 13.5 points per game and ranked fifth in the conference with a 58.3 field goal percentage.

The senior forward finished last year as a Second Team All-Conference selection. 

Joining Sellers in receiving First Team preseason All-Conference honors are Jaylon Hicks, G, SUNO; Dorian Booker, C, SUNO; Kaleb Jeffries, SG, Fisk; and Daiquan Coach, F, Wilberforce. 

Second Team selections include Simeon Williams II, PF, Fisk; Devin Lewis, G, Dillard; Mitch Seay, F, Fisk; John Kelly III, F, Dillard; and Caleb Campbell, G, Philander Smith.

After finishing last season with an 18-9 overall mark and a 10-2 conference record, the reigning East Division champion Tigers are picked to finish third in the conference according to the preseason coaches' poll. Stillman received 163 total points and a first-place vote. SUNO topped the list with 200 points and 11 top-team selections. The full poll is as follows: 

1. Southern University at New Orleans 200 (11)
2. Tougaloo College 188
3. Stillman College 163 (1)
4. Dillard University 156
5. Talladega College 150 (1)
6. Philander Smith University 148
7. Paul Quinn College 107
8. Huston-Tillotson University 102
9. Fisk University 97
10. Wilberforce University 95
11. Voorhees University 90
12. Rust College 64
13. Oakwood University 61
14. Wiley University 60
15. Jarvis Christian University 56
16. University of the Virgin Islands 31

The season will culminate with the 2027 Hope Credit Union HBCUAC Basketball Championship, hosted by the Dallas Independent School District at Ellis Davis Fieldhouse, Paul Quinn College, and Visit Dallas from February 24-28.