As per usual, some of my pre-season picks were a little off but I’m not taking any flack for not putting Bryce Hopkins on one of the pre-season teams as I believe that Dillon Mitchell was much more important for the Johnnies this year than B-Hop was. It should be no surprise that my first team is upperclassmen laden. My biggest misses from my pre-season selections were Solo Ball not taking the next step in his game, Oswin showing little to no improvements offensively, and not realizing how special Nigel James Jr. would be in his first year at Marquette. I’ll own my pick of Kim English as the Big East Coach of the Year but in my defense, they were picked to finish 4th in the league by the coaches…but, there’s really no defense.

Without further ado, here are my selections for the All-Big East Teams for 2025-2026.

1st Team

Zuby Ejiofor (St. John’s) – Player of the Year

Alex Karaban (UConn)

Tarris Reed Jr. (UConn)

Jaylin Sellers (Providence)

Michael Ajayi (Butler)

2nd Team:

Silas Demary Jr. (UConn)

KJ Lewis (Georgetown)

Nigel James Jr. (Marquette)

Budd Clark (Seton Hall)

Dillon Mitchell (St. John’s)

3rd Team:

Bryce Hopkins (St. John’s)

Acaden Lewis (Villanova)

Tre Carroll (Xavier)

Finley Bizjack (Butler)

Duke Brennan (Villanova)

Honorable Mention: Solo Ball (UConn), Tyler Perkins (Villanova), CJ Gunn (DePaul), Josh Dix (Creighton), Chase Ross (Marquette), Filip Borovicanin (Xavier), Adam Clark (Seton Hall), Jamier Jones (Providence), Stefan Vaaks (Providence), & Vincent Iwuchukwu (Georgetown)

Coach of the Year: Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall), 2nd: Rick Pitino (St. John’s); 3rd: Kevin Willard (Villanova)

Defensive Player of the Year (BIG): Zuby Ejiofor (St. John’s); 2nd: Najai Hines (Seton Hall); 3rd: Tarris Reed Jr. (UConn)

Defensive Player of the Year (Wing/Guard): Chase Ross (Marquette); 2nd: Silas Demary Jr. (UConn); 3rd: Dillon Mitchell (St. John’s)

6th Man of the Year: Devin Askew (Villanova); 2nd: Jason Edwards (Providence); 3rd: Owen Freeman (Creighton)

All-Freshman Team:

Nigel James Jr. (Marquette) – Freshman of the Year

Stefan Vaaks (Providence)

Jamier Jones (Providence)

Byron Mullins (UConn)

Acaden Lewis (Villanova)

All-Transfer Team:

Jaylin Sellers (Providence) – Transfer of the Year

Silas Demary Jr. (UConn)

Michael Ajayi (Butler)

Budd Clark (Seton Hall)

Dillon Mitchell (St. John’s)