Big East Preseason Predictions Part II

[GumbyDamnit!]

OK, so nearing the eve of the conference starting up again why don't we take another stab at predictions for this upcoming conference season:

Coaches Preseason:
Seton Hall
Villanova
Xavier
(T) Marquette
(T) Providence
Georgetown
Creighton
Butler
St. John’s
DePaul

BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year
Myles Powell, Seton Hall, G, Sr., 6-2, 195, Trenton, N.J.

BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova F, Fr., 6-9, 232, Overland Park, Kan.

BIG EAST Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team
Kamar Baldwin, Butler, G, Sr., 6-1, 190, Winder, Ga.
Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton, G, Jr., 6-4, 195, Charlotte, N.C.
Markus Howard, Marquette, G, Sr., 5-11, 175, Chandler, Ariz.*
Alpha Diallo, Providence, G, Sr., 6-7, 210, New York, N.Y.*
Naji Marshall, Xavier, F, Jr., 6-7, 220, Atlantic City, N.J.*

BIG EAST Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team^
Paul Reed, DePaul, F, Jr., 6-9, 215, Orlando, Fla.
James Akinjo, Georgetown, G, So., 6-0, 180, Oakland, Cal.
L.J. Figueroa, St. John’s, G-F, Jr., 6-6, 195, Lawrence, Mass.
Mustapha Heron, St. John’s, G, Sr., 6-5, 210, Waterbury, Conn.
Collin Gillespie, Villanova, G, Jr., 6-3, 191, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Jermaine Samuels, Villanova, F, Jr., 6-7, 222, Franklin, Mass.

Preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
Omer Yurtseven, Georgetown, C, Jr., 7-0, 275, Istanbul, Turkey
Paul Scruggs, Xavier, G, Jr., 6-4, 196, Indianapolis, Ind.

My own personal predictions / updates to this:

1. Butler 12-6
2. Villanova 11-7
3. Creighton 10-8
T4. Georgetown 9-9
T4. Seton Hall 9-9
T6. Marquette 8-10
T6. St. John's 8-10
T6. Xavier 8-10
T6. DePaul 8-10
10. Providence 7-11

Not trying to cop out and just have a bunch of teams tied, but I honestly believe something like this is a realistic expectation for this year. I see little to no separation top to bottom. And I do NOT believe PC is just going to lie down this year. They have way too much talent and The Dunk can be a hard place to get a W. My guess is that they figure things out a bit and make life tough for the rest of us. Literally ZERO nights off in this conference this year. UGH. Gotta get my Bourbon and my Tums sitting at the ready for 18 straight games.


POY - Howard

ROY - Robinson-Earl

Ist Team:
Baldwin
Powell
Zegarowski
Yurtseven
Reed

2nd Team:
Figueroa
McClung
Bey
Scruggs
McDermott
Alexander
Diallo

Hon Mention:
C. Moore
N. Marshall
C. Gillespie

COY- Jordan

[fellahmuskie]

1. Xavier
2. Villanova
3. Seton Hall
4. DePaul
5. Butler
6. St. John's
7. Creighton
8. Marquette
9. Georgetown
10. Providence

[Edrick]

That’s cute.

Xavier has a gtmo now.

[ArmyVet]

1. Xavier
2. Villanova
3. Seton Hall
4. DePaul
5. Butler
6. St. John's
7. Creighton
8. Marquette
9. Georgetown
10. Providence

DePaul 4 is interesting. Not crazy, but not likely. But Creighton, Marquette, and Georgetown all playing on Wednesday night of the Big East Tourney would be truly shocking.

[TheBasketballOpinion]

Providence is the new DePaul in terms of being a landmine in conference play. Shocked to even type that sentence

if Georgetown stays the course and doesn't have any injuries I see them in the top 5

[Jet915]

I wouldnt be surpised if 1st place team is 12-6 and everyone else is between 10-8 and 8-10 and PC ends up 7-11.

[gtmoBlue]

Go fellahmuskie, go Xuperduper, go X!



X as conference winner? Beat Nova 1st and we'll talk.

[scoscox]

1. Butler
2. Villanova
3. Xavier
4. Seton Hall
5. Creighton
6. Georgetown
7. Depaul
8. Marquette
9. St. John's
10. Providence

Not a lot separating 2-9 in my opinion.

POY: Kamar Baldwin
FOY: Robinson-Earl
COY: Lavall Jordan

1st team (excluding POY):
Powell
Howard
Yurtseven
Reed
Zegarowski

2nd team:
McClung
Bey
Marshall
Jones
Figueroa

HM:
Alexander
Diallo

The Big East does conference teams of 6 (1st team), 5 (2nd), and 2 (HM). Forces you to leave off a lot of good players

[Django]

Butler
Georgetown
DePaul
Villanova
St Johns
Xavier
Marquette
Seton Hall
Providence



I’m taking a pass on my Jays. If we don’t get 11 dubyas I’m going to bawl my eyes out

[paulxu]

X as conference winner? Beat Nova 1st and we'll talk.

How's your short term memory? Does it reach to 2018?