Live From Big East Media Day

I’ll be here at MSG all day doing interviews with various Big East coaches and players for SNY.tv. We’ll start the day with the Preseason Coaches’ Poll and the Preseason honors:

PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL

1. UConn.

2. Louisville

3. Pittsburgh

4. Notre Dame

5. Villanova

6. Marquette

7. Georgetown

8. Syracuse

9. West Virginia

10. Providence

11. Cincinnati

12. Rutgers

13. Seton Hall

14. St. John’s

15. DePaul

16. USF

PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR

Greg Monroe, Georgetown

Samardo Samuels, Louisville

ALL BIG-EAST TEAM

Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

Deonta VAughn, Cincinnati

AJ Price, UConn

Hasheem Thabeet, UConn

DaJuan Summers, Georgetown

Terrence Williams, Louisville

Jerel McNeal, Marquette

Kyle McAlarney, NOtre Dame

Sam Young, Pittsburgh

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse

Scottie Reynolds, Villanova

HONORABLE MENTION

Jeff Adrien, UConn

Earl Clark, Louisville

Dominic James, Marquette

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.