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Big East Media Day Highlights

Big East Media Day took place Wednesday at Madison Square Garden and we've got all the highlights right here.

By Chris Haines
USA TODAY Sports

Big East Media Day kicked off with the announcement of Georgetown's D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera being named the Preseason Big East Player of the Year and the announcement of Villanova as the coaches pick to win the Big East regular season. The Hoyas were picked to finish second.

Coaches Picture!

JTIII Quotes

A couple of additional quotes courtesy of City of Basketball Love:

On developing rivalries in the new Big East
"That's going to happen with time. The Georgetown/Creighton is going to have a heated rivalry in year two. We haven't had enough heated battles, I haven't been mad enough at McDermott yet and he hasn't been mad enough at me. I think the round-robin format will help that, the fact that a team comes to you, now you go to them. But rivalries aren't established overnight, it takes moments, it takes events, and that will happen."

On Villanova/Georgetown getting picked 1-2
"One and two, sitting here October 22nd, that's great, but when we go to the [Wells Fargo Center], is there a little extra spice there? Probably. When they come down to us? Probably."

Other Big East Coaches

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"We’ve always had the best players in this conference, and if you look at the classes coming in, that’s going to stay the same," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "We’re still in the Big East, we’re still here at MSG, still got some of the best players in the country and some of the best coaches [in the country] are in this room. "At our core, we’re still the same."

The Big East aims to remain a basketball powerhouse - Rumble In The Garden
"If five or six (teams) make it and if two or three of those five make the Sweet 16, that means it's a strong healthy league," St. John's head coach Steve Lavin said.

Otto and the women's team!

DSR

On being the Preseason player of the year (courtesy of City of Basketball Love again):

"It’s great, you know its a blessing to be named in a category with those guys. We have to motivate guys, lead by example, show them how to get the job done. I think we have done a great deal of that this offseason. We have a great chance of doing really well in the conference. I think we’ll have a great year. We have a lot of great chemistry that has been built over the summer time with the new guys and the guys who have already been here."

Jabril

On the team's expectations (courtesy of City of Basketball Love again):

"I think that this year, we’ve got a nice balance between young guys and veterans. We’ve got different guys who can do a lot of things. We’ve got bodies this year, dudes who know how to play, dudes who compete, so we’re very excited about this season."

Hoyas' Smith-Rivera named preseason Big East player of the year - The Washington Post
"The rankings are one thing, but there’s probably a lot of teams in here that still don’t respect us especially after last year," Trawick said. "We’ve got revenge on our minds, a lot of things that we want to do differently this year and get done this year."

Josh!

Women's Team!

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