Big East Basketball Coaches Suffer From Indecision, Poor Math Skills.

Jonny is sad you didn't pick him for First Team All-Big East

The Big East released a portion of its postseason honor roll yesterday, including the players named to the All-Big East First, Second, and Third teams, the All-Rookie Team, and a few honorable mentions, too. It appears, though, that the Big East coaches are a tad confused. The first team contains three forwards, two centers, and only one guard. Not sure what type of team that is, but whatever, you want to honor the best players regardless of position. That's fine. I don't agree with it, but I get what you're trying to do. Oh, and there's this:

"The conference’s head coaches choose the all-conference teams. The coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players. This year, the league returned to five-player teams after having 10-player teams for the past three seasons."

Can't fault the logic there. Ten-player All-Conference teams always seemed a little outlandish to me anyways. But here's the next sentence:

"Six players were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team."

Wait.....WHAT?! To recap: "This year, the league returned to five-player teams after having 10-player teams for the past three seasons. Six players were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team."

Five and six are now the same. Alert your math professors.

On to the teams:

ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut, C, Jr., 7-3, 263, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Terrence Williams, Louisville, F, Sr., 6-6, 210, Seattle, Wash.
Jerel McNeal, Marquette, G, Sr., 6-3, 200 Chicago, Ill.
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, F, Jr., 6-8, 251, Schererville, Ind.
DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh, C, So., 6-7, 265, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sam Young, Pittsburgh, F, Sr., 6-6, 215, Clinton, Md.

ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
A.J. Price, Connecticut, G, Sr., 6-2, 181, Amityville, N.Y.
Wesley Matthews, Marquette, G, Sr., 6-5, 215, Madison, Wis.
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse, G, So., 6-0, 185, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Dante Cunningham, Villanova, F, Sr., 6-8, 230, Silver Spring, Md.
Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia, F, Jr., 6-7, 225, Newark, N.J.

ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM
Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati, G, Jr., 6-1, 195, Indianapolis, Ind.
Jeff Adrien, Connecticut, F, Sr., 6-7, 243, Brookline, Mass.
Earl Clark, Louisville, G/F, Jr., 6-8, 220, Rahway, N.J.
Levance Fields, Pittsburgh, G, Sr., 5-10, 190, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall, G, So., 6-5, 185, Bronx, N.Y.

BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION
Weyinmi Efejuku, Providence, G, Sr., 6-5, 210, Fresh Meadows, N.Y.
Dominique Jones, USF, G, So., 6-4, 205, Lake Wales, Fla.
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova, G, Jr., 6-2, 195, Herndon, Va.
Alex Ruoff, West Virginia, G, Sr., 6-6, 220, Spring Hill, Fla.

BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Yancy Gates, Cincinnati, F, Fr., 6-9, 255, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kemba Walker, Connecticut, G, Fr., 6-0, 175, Bronx, N.Y.
Greg Monroe, Georgetown, C, Fr., 6-10, 240, Gretna, La.
Samardo Samuels, Louisville, F, Fr., 6-8, 240, Trelawny, Jamaica
Mike Rosario, Rutgers, G, Fr., 6-3, 180, Jersey City, N.J.
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia, F, Fr., 6-9, 205, Long Island City, N.Y.

Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year (watch out for darkhorse candidate Craig Forth) will be announced on Tuesday, with a few other individual awards coming today.

Stay tuned.

Note: I can see an argument where the first team really is five players, plus one Player of the Year, which would almost make sense. In that case, change the headline of this post to "Big East Media Relations Department Struggles With Writing."