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Brian Reddy: Beyond the Box Score – Big East Pre-Season Prognostications (Part 2)

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Big East All-Conference Teams

1st Team

Kadary Richmond (Player of the Year), Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kam Jones, Alex Karaban, Eric Dixon, Jahmyl Telfort

2nd Team

Bryce Hopkins, Wesley Cardet, Liam McNeeley, Zach Freemantle, Pierre Brooks

3rd Team

Ryan Conwell, Zuby Ejiofor, Steven Ashworth, Stevie Mitchell, Fedor Zugic

All-Freshman Team

Liam McNeeley (Freshman of the Year), Oswin Erhunmwunse, Jackson McAndrew, Damarius Owens, Josiah Mosely

All-Defensive Team

Ryan Kalkbrenner (Defensive Player of the Year), Wesley Cardet, Stevie Mitchell, Samson Johnson, Kadary Richmond

Coach of the Year

Rick Pitino

NCAA Top 25

  1. Alabama
  2. Kansas
  3. Baylor
  4. North Carolina
  5. Creighton
  6. Iowa State
  7. Connecticut
  8. Auburn
  9. Tennessee
  10. Houston
  11. Gonzaga
  12. Purdue
  13. John’s
  14. Cincinnati
  15. Texas A&M
  16. Arizona
  17. Duke
  18. Grand Canyon
  19. Xavier
  20. UCLA
  21. Indiana
  22. Providence
  23. Texas
  24. Illinois
  25. Kansas State

All-America Teams

1st Team

Mark Sears, RJ Davis, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Hunter Dickinson, Johni Broome

2nd Team

Kadary Richmond, Oumar Ballo, Caleb Love, Tamin Lipsey, Cooper Flagg

3rd Team

Alex Karaban, Tyon Grant-Foster, Kam Jones, Zakai Zeigler, LJ Cryer