I’m counting down the days until the 2024-2025 NCAA basketball season tips off, and what better way to prepare than by making my wildly speculative picks for the All-Big East Teams and Awards? I know these will probably end up way off, but as always, I’ll hold myself fully accountable when the season wraps up and I make my final selections.

Without further ado, here are my preseason selections…

First Team

Bryce Hopkins (Providence)

Kadary Richmond (St. John’s)

Alex Karaban (UConn)

Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)

Kam Jones (Marquette)

Second Team

Eric Dixon (Villanova)

Zach Freemantle (Xavier)

Hassan Diarra (UConn)

Wesley Cardett (Providence)

Jerome Hunter (Xavier)

3rd Team

David Joplin (Marquette)

Dayvion McKnight (Xavier)

Pop Issacs (Crieghton)

Solo Ball (UConn)

Pierre Brooks (Butler)

Honorable Mentions: Isaiah Coleman (Seton Hall), Malik Mack (Georgetown), Samson Johnson (UConn), Steven Ashworth (Creighton), Jayden Epps (Georgetown), Aiden Mahaney (UConn), Ben Gold (Marquette), Jayden Pierre (Providence), Isaiah Rivera (DePaul), R.J. Lewis (St. John’s), & Finley Bizjack (Butler)

All-Freshman Team

Liam McNeely (UConn)

Josiah Moseley (Villanova)

Damarius Owens (Marquette)

Jaiden Glover (St. John’s)

Kayvaun Mulready (Georgetown)

Freshman of the Year

Liam McNeely (UConn)

All-Transfer Team

Wesley Cardett (Providence)

Kadary Richmond (St. John’s)

Pop Issacs (Creighton)

Ryan Conwell (Xavier)

Aiden Mahaney (UConn)

Transfer of the Year

Kadary Richmond (St. John’s)

Player of the Year

Kadary Richmond (St. John’s)

Coach of the Year

Sean Miller (Xavier)

6th Man of the Year

Samson Johnson (UConn)

Defensive Player of the Year (Big)

Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)

Defensive Player of the Year (Wing)

Stevie Mitchell (Marquette)