At the conference’s media day Wednesday, WVU forward Kevin Jones was voted by the coaches to the preseason all-Big East first team. Georgetown’s Austin Freeman is the preseason player of the year.

WVU is predicted to finish fifth in the Big East. Pitt is the first-place pick with 12 of the possible 15 votes (yes, there are 16 teams, but a coach can’t vote for his own player or team).

An interesting note here: Four teams in the top six received a first place vote: No. 1 Pitt (12), No. 2 Villanova (1). No 3. Syracuse (2) and — prepare yourself — N0. 6 St. John’s (1). Remember, that one can’t belong to new coach Steve Lavin. I have a very good feeling I know who that one is, too.