BOSTON – Northeastern men's basketball graduate student Rashad King was named to the Preseason All-CAA First Team at the conference's annual media day on Thursday.
 
He is the first Husky to earn preseason first team honors since Vasa Pusica in 2018.
 
King is back in Boston for his final season of eligibility after spending the 2025-26 season at LSU. There, he appeared in all 32 games (nine starts), averaging 5.8 points per game and shooting 39% from the field in 18.7 minutes per game. He also averaged 6.7 points in the 18 regular season SEC games, highlighted by 18 points in the win at South Carolina (Jan. 31) with three three-pointers and a season high seven rebounds.
 
King played three seasons on Huntington Avenue from 2022 to 2025, appearing in 92 games (63 starts). The Evans, Ga. native averaged 10.1 points per game and shot 43% from the field while with the Huskies along with averaging 2.4 assists per game and shooting 83% from the line.
 
King completed one of the best individual seasons for Northeastern in recent memory as a junior in 2024-25, becoming the 14th player in team history and first since 2021 (Tyson Walker) to be named to the All-CAA First Team. He led the team in scoring (18.5ppg), assists (106) and steals (46) while logging some of the most minutes in the nation at 36.5 per game (17th in the NCAA).
 
King reached 20 points in a game 14 times that season, along with three double-doubles, including a career-high 32 points vs. Hampton on Feb. 8, and was the CAA Player of the Week three times, the most for a Husky since Walker in 2021. He was also the first Husky since Jordan Roland (2019-20) to score 500 points in a season, and just the sixth Northeastern player since 2000 to record 500 points and 100 assists in the same year.
 
King and the Huskies kickoff the 2026-27 campaign on November 2 at crosstown rival Boston University.