Johns Hopkins Men’s Basketball was tied with defending champion Gettysburg for first place in the 2026-27 Centennial Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll announced Nov. 4, 2026. Both teams received five first-place votes and 77 points in voting by the league’s head coaches.
Johns Hopkins Men’s Basketball Shares Top Spot
Johns Hopkins won 20 games and reached the NCAA Tournament last season. The Blue Jays also hold the No. 22 spot in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25.
Franklin & Marshall finished third with 59 points, followed by Ursinus with 58 and Swarthmore with 49. Dickinson received 45 points, Haverford had 27, Muhlenberg had 25, McDaniel had 23 and Washington College had 10.
Three Starters Return
Johns Hopkins returns three starters from last season’s NCAA Tournament team: senior Jeb Williams and juniors Wyatt Eglinton Manner and Logan Feller. Wyatt Eglinton Manner earned Second Team All-Centennial Conference and College Sports Communicator Academic All-District honors, while Jeb Williams and Logan Feller also earned College Sports Communicator Academic All-District honors.
Wyatt Eglinton Manner ranked eighth in the Centennial Conference in scoring at 13.6, tied for third in assists at 3.3 and ranked first in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.1. He also ranked 11th in steals at 1.3 and eighth in field-goal percentage at .429.
Jeb Williams led the Blue Jays with 36 3-pointers. He ranked second on the team in steals at 1.5, third in blocks at 0.5 and fourth in scoring at 8.7 and rebounds at 3.9.
Logan Feller averaged 6.8 points and shot 39.1 percent from the field and 33.0 percent from 3-point range. He also finished fourth on the team in assists at 1.2 and fifth in rebounds at 3.3.
Blue Jays Open Season at Marymount
Johns Hopkins Men’s Basketball is scheduled to open the season Friday, Nov. 6, at Marymount. The game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. tipoff at Converse Family Fieldhouse.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
The preseason poll places Johns Hopkins Men’s Basketball in a tie for the top spot in the Centennial Conference. The Blue Jays enter the season with three returning starters from an NCAA Tournament team, five first-place votes and a No. 22 national preseason ranking.
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