The NCAA College Basketball season gets underway tomorrow, so now is as good a time as any to drop in with my pre-season selections for my All-Big East Teams and individual award winners. You can pick apart my selections as you please but I’m just happy that we have College Basketball back in our lives. As always, I hate how some leagues choose more than 5 players per team, so I’m sticking with 5 for each, you know, like an actual basketball team.

1st Team

Nate Watson (Providence)

Collin Gillespie (Villanova)

Julian Champagnie (St. John’s)

Zach Freemantle (Xavier)

Jermaine Samuels (Villanova)

2nd Team

Paul Scruggs (Xavier)

Posh Alexander (St. John’s)

Adama Sanogo (UConn)

Jared Rhoden (Seton Hall)

Chuck Harris (Butler)

3rd Team

Justin Moore (Villanova)

R.J. Cole (UConn)

Noah Horchler (Providence)

Aminu Mohammed (Georgetown)

Bryce Nze (Butler)

Honorable Mentions: Kadary Richmond (Seton Hall), Darryl Morsell (Marquette), Jared Bynum (Providence), Myles Cale (Seton Hall), Tyrese Martin (UConn), Al Durham (Providence), Aaron Thompson (Butler), Nate Johnson (Xavier), Javon Freeman-Liberty (DePaul), & Justin Lewis (Marquette)

Player of the Year: Julian Champagnie (St. John’s)

Defensive Player of the Year: Posh Alexander (St. John’s)

Most Improved Player: Adama Sanogo (UConn)

6th Man of the Year: Alyn Breed (Providence)

Coach of the Year: Mike Anderson (St. John’s)

Freshman Team:

• Aminu Mohammed (Georgetown) – Big East Freshman of the Year
• Jordan Hawkins (UConn)
• Arthur Kaluma (Creighton)
• Justin Lewis (Maquette)
• Trey Patterson (Villanova)