Big East Basketball 2012-13 Preseason Projections

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The college hoops season is right around the corner, and Busting Brackets is here to whet your basketball-starved appetite. Over the next five weeks, we are publishing season previews team by team, conference by conference, to offer a glimpse into the upcoming season. Busting Brackets is giving you the lowdown on the biggest storylines, offseason changes and x-factors for each team and each league as we roll into the 2012-13 season. Our complete season preview archive can be accessed here. Buckle up, peeps.

Projected Big East Standings

	Team	League Record	NCAA tourney?
1	Louisville	14-4	Yes
2	Syracuse	13-5	Yes
3	Notre Dame	13-5	Yes
4	Cincinnati	12-6	Yes
5	Pittsburgh	11-7	Yes
6	South Florida	11-7	Yes
7	Georgetown	10-8	Yes
8	Marquette	10-8	Yes
9	Rutgers	8-10	No
10	St. John’s	7-11	No
11	Connecticut	6-12	No
12	Providence	6-12	No

13 DePaul

5-13

14 Seton Hall

5-13

15 Villanova

4-14

Awards and Honors

Player of the Year	Jack Cooley	F/C
Freshman of the Year	Steven Adams	C
Coach of the Year	Jamie Dixon	HC
Top Impact Transfer	Trent Lockett	SG
Sixth Man of the Year	Luke Hancock	G/F
Defensive POY	Gorgui Dieng	C
Top Red-Shirt	Trevor Cooney	SG
Comeback POY	Tray Woodall	PG
Best Team Offense
Best Team Defense
Best Backcourt
Best Frontcourt
Best Starting-5
Best Bench

Dishonorable Mention

Most Disappointing Team
Most Disappointing Player	Peyton Siva
Most Disappointing Freshman	Ricardo Ledo (Academically Ineligible) Kris Dunn (Shoulder Surgery)
Most Disappointing Senior	Mouphtaou Yarou
Projected Breakout Player Who May Not Break Out	Vander Blue
Worst Team Offense
Worst Team Defense
Worst Backcourt
Worst Frontcourt

First-Team All-Big East

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Vincent Council	Providence	PG	Senior
Sean Kilpatrick	Cincinnati	SG	Senior
Otto Porter	Georgetown	SF	Sophomore
Jack Cooley	Notre Dame	PF/C	Senior
Gorgui Dieng	Louisville	C	Junior

Second-Team All-Big East

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Cashmere Wright	Cincinnati	PG	Senior
Tray Woodall	Pittsburgh	PG	Senior
Chane Behanan	Louisville	SF	Sophomore
C.J. Fair	Syracuse	PF	Junior
Steven Adams	Pittsburgh	C	Freshman

Third-Team All-Big East

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Peyton Siva	Louisville	PG	Senior
Anthony Collins	South Florida	PG	Sophomore
Fuquan Edwin	Seton Hall	G/F	Junior
Cleveland Melvin	DePaul	SF	Junior
Davante Gardner	Marquette	PF	Junior

All-Big East Freshman Team

Player	Team	Pos.
Ryan Arcidiacono	Villanova	PG
Omar Calhoun	Connecticut	SG
Montrezl Harrell	Louisville	PF
DaJuan Coleman	Syracuse	C
Steven Adams	Pittsburgh	C

Top Big East Breakout Players

Player	Team	Pos.	Year
Michael Carter-Williams	Syracuse	PG	Sophomore
Ryan Boatright	Connecticut	PG	Sophomore
Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	SG	Sophomore
JayVaughn Pinkston	Villanova	SF	Sophomore
LaDontae Henton	Providence	SF	Sophomore