Announcing the 2013 Big East All-Conference Name Team

Big East All-Conference Name Team Guard Bryce Cotton, of PC

The all new Big East Conference is ready to take the court. Though it will take several months of action to determine the best players and teams in the revamped conference, we can decide right now who has the best names. We decided to compile our All Conference first and second name teams to tip off the season. And should any of these all-stars fail to make the pros, we've proposed alternative careers for them based on name alone.

1st Team

G Sir’Dominic Pointer, junior, St. John’s (alternative career: Knight of the Realm)

G Bryce Cotton, senior, Providence (alternative career: conservative senator from the South)

F Gods’ Gift Achiuwa, grad student, St. John’s (alternative career: religious cult leader)

F JayVaughn Pinkston, junior, Villanova (alternative career: celebrity stylist)

F Cleveland Melvin, senior, F, DePaul (alternative career: bass player in an R&B band)

2nd Team

G Avery Dingman, junior, Creighton (alternative career: rodeo cowboy)

G Jabril Trawick, junior, Georgetown (alternative career: treasure hunter)

F Kadeem Batts, senior, Providence (alternative career: MMA fighter)

F Marc-Antoine Bourgault, senior, St. John’s (alternative career: Michelin-starred chef)

C Moses Ayeqba, senior, C, Georgetown (alternative career: military strongman)

All-Name Team of the Year

Two Big East teams emerged as front-runners in the name game, with both our own Providence College Friars and the St. John's Red Storm boasting impressive rosters of names. But who wins the title of All Name Team of the Year? Check the rosters below and decide for yourself:

PC: Brandon Austin, Ted Bancroft, Kadeem Batts, Rodney Bullock, Bryce Cotton, Carson Desrosiers, Kris Dunn, Josh Fortune, Lee Goldsbrough, Tyler Harris, LaDontae Henton, Brice Kofane, Junior Lomomba, Casey Woodring

St. John's: God's Gift Achiuwa, Felix Balamou, Marc-Antoine Borgault, Jamal Branch, Phil Greene IV, D'Angelo Harrison, Max Hooper, Christian Jones, Rysheed Jordan, David Lipscomb, Khadim Ndiaye, Chris Obekpa, Sir'Dominic Pointer, JaKarr Sampson, Orlando Sanchez