The American Athletic Conference — formerly the Big East football outfits plus friends — will hold their first annual media day Wednesday in Memphis, also the site of the conference tournament.
That means that Louisville coach Rick Pitino won’t be in New York — site of the Big East media day. As you may recall, Pitino and Jim Boeheim had an entertaining war of words last year in New York, with each saying the other was “full of s–t.”
Here are the SNY.tv picks for the 2013-14 projected order of finish along with the preseason All-Conference teams and top incoming recruits.
1. Louisville (35-4, 14-4 Big East)
2. UConn (20-10, 10-8 Big East)
3. Memphis (31-5, 16-0 Conference USA)
4. Cincinnati (22-12, 9-9 Big East)
5. Temple (24-10, 11-5 Atlantic 10)
6. Central Florida (20-11, 9-7 Conference USA)
7. SMU (15-17, 5-11 Conference USA)
8. Houston (20-13, 7-9 Conference USA)
9. Rutgers (20-11, 5-13 Big East)
10. South Florida (12-19, 3-15 Big East)
All-Conference
First Team
Russ Smith, G, Louisville (Preseason Player of the Year)
Shabazz Napier, G, Connecticut
Sean Kilpatrick, G, Cincinnati
Chane Behanan, F Louisville
Montrezl Harrell, F, Louisville
Second Team
Ryan Boatright, G, Connecticut
Isaiah Sykes, G, Central Florida
Joe Jackson, G, Memphis
TaShawn Thomas, F, Houston
Top Incoming Rookies (ESPN.com Class of 2013 rankings)
No. 15. Austin Nichols, PF, Memphis
No. 33. Kuran Iverson, SF, Memphis
No. 35. Jermaine Lawrence, PF, Cincinnati
No. 37. Nick King, SF, Memphis
No. 48. Anton Gill, SG, Louisville
No. 49. Keith Frazier, SG, SMU
No. 64. John Egbunu, C, USF
No. 75. Akoy Agau, PF, Louisville
No. 90. Dominic Woodson, C, Memphis
No. 95. Rashawn Powell, PG, Memphis
No. 98. Kentan Facey, PF, UConn
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