The College Basketball season gets underway in just about three weeks, 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. My pre-season individual award selections last year were especially off given that I was going all-in on a big season from St. John’s, which I will not do again until further notice.

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

Jared Bynum (Providence)

Caleb Daniels (Villanova)

Colby Jones (Xavier)

Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)

Adama Sanogo (UConn)

2nd Team

Justin Moore (Villanova)

Jordan Hawkins (UConn)

Kadary Richmond (Seton Hall)

Arthur Kaluma (Creighton)

Jack Nunge (Xavier)

3rd Team

Ryan Nembhard (Creighton)

Tyler Kolek (Marquette)

Chuck Harris (Butler)

Posh Alexander (St. John’s)

Bryce Hopkins (Providence)

Honorable Mentions: Devin Carter (Providence), Simas Lukosius (Butler), Eric Dixon (Villanova), Baylor Scheierman (Creighton), David Jones (St. John’s), Dante Harris (Georgetown), Kam Jones (Marquette), Andre Jackson (UConn), Erol Penn (DePaul), & Cam Whitmoree (Villanova)

Player of the Year: Adama Sanogo (UConn)

Defensive Player of the Year: Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)

Most Improved Player: Jordan Hawkins (UConn)

6th Man of the Year: Cam Whitmore (Villanova)

Coach of the Year: Greg McDermott (Creighton)

Freshman Team:

• Cam Whitmore (VIllanova) – Big East Freshman of the Year
• Jayden Pierre (Providence)
• Ahamad Bynum (DePaul)
• Zion Cruz (DePaul)
• Denver Anglin (Georgetown)