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Rothstein tweeted a bunch of Big East stuff this morning. Here are all of the tweets.

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 21m21 minutes ago
Big East Preseason Power Rankings: Villanova, Xavier, Creighton, Seton Hall, Georgetown, St. John's, Butler, Marquette, Providence, DePaul.

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 20m20 minutes ago
Big East Preseason First-Team: Kelan Martin (Butler), Josh Hart (Nova), Trevon Bluiett (Xavier), Kris Jenkins (Nova), Angel Delgado (SHU).

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 19m19 minutes ago
Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Josh Hart, Villanova.

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 19m19 minutes ago
Big East Preseason Sleeper: Georgetown.

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 17m17 minutes ago
10 Impact BE Freshmen: O. Spellman (Nova), S. Ponds (SJU), M. LoVett (SJU), M. Powell (SHU), Q. Goodin (X), T. Jones (X), M. Howard (MU).
Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 17m17 minutes ago
10 Impact BE Freshmen cont'd: S. Hauser (MU), A. Diallo (PC), J. Brunk (Butler).

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 16m16 minutes ago
5 Under-The-Radar Big East Freshmen: J. Patton (Creighton), M. White (PC), J. Mosley (Georgetown), R. Freudenberg (SJU), K. Baldwin (BU).

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 15m15 minutes ago
10 Impact BE Transfers: E. Paschall (Nova), M. Foster (Creighton), B. Ahmed (SJU), R. Gaston (X), A. Woodson (BU), K. Savage (BU).
Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 14m14 minutes ago
10 Impact BE Transfers cont'd: A. Rowsey (MU), E. Holt (PC), J. Mulmore (Georgetown), R. Pryor (Georgetown).

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 13m13 minutes ago
5 Under-The-Radar BE Transfers: A. Agau (Georgetown), T. Owens (SJU), J. Thomas (SHU), C. Harrison-Docks (DePaul), I. Jackson (PC).

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 12m12 minutes ago
5 Big East Breakout Players: K. Yakwe (SJU), P. Booth (Nova), K. Cartwright (PC), V. Singh (SHU), T. Wideman (Butler).

Agree with his power rankings except SJU is probably 2-3 spots too high.

On paper it might make sense to have providence so low. My heart is saying that Ed Cooley might be the best coach in the conference, so the Friars are probably going to dramatically exceed expectations

that first team lineup looks quite formidable, if I had to guess who wouldn't be on that list come this time next year, I'd say jenkins and delgado

I'm thinking Marquette will be top 5-6 this year but maybe I'm overrating them. Also thought they would be top 5-6 last year.

You've gotta admire Rothstein's ability to cover all his bases by naming 15 freshmen and transfers each in a 10 team conference. Although I think I would have classified all 5 of his "under the radar freshmen" as impact freshmen over guys like Jones, Houser etc.

Jet915 wrote:Agree with his power rankings except SJU is probably 2-3 spots too high.

I disagree. I don't see them finishing 9th this year.

Here is a story he did about the Big East today and later he will post a podcast with JT3.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basket ... =hootsuite

Reading it got me pumped for the upcoming season

DudeAnon wrote:Here is a story he did about the Big East today and later he will post a podcast with JT3.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basket ... =hootsuite

Reading it got me pumped for the upcoming season

Agreed... going to be a fun year all the way around. Nice balance in the league. Personally, I cant see Nova or anyone going 16-2 again. There will be some really great games.

pki1998 wrote:On paper it might make sense to have providence so low. My heart is saying that Ed Cooley might be the best coach in the conference, so the Friars are probably going to dramatically exceed expectations

I like Cooley and all but come on.