2013-14 Preseason Conference Projections

AAC

1. Louisville

2. Connecticut

3. Memphis

4. Cincinnati

5. Temple

6. Houston

7. SMU

8. South Florida

9. Rutgers

10. Central Florida

All-AAC
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut [sr]
Russ Smith, Louisville [sr]
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati [sr]
DeAndre Daniels, Connecticut [jr]
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Russ Smith, Louisville
Top Defender: Russ Smith, Louisville
Best Freshman: Keith Frazier, SMU

ACC
1. Duke
2. Syracuse
3. Notre Dame
4. North Carolina
5. Virginia
6. Pittsburgh
7. Maryland
8. Georgia Tech
9. Boston College
10. Florida State
11. North Carolina State
12. Wake Forest
13. Miami
14. Clemson
15. Virginia Tech

All-ACC
Olivier Hanlan, Boston College [soph]
Joe Harris, Virginia [sr]
PJ Hairston, North Carolina [jr]
CJ Fair, Syracuse [sr]
James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina [jr]

Awards
Player of the Year: CJ Fair, Syracuse
Top Defender: Okaro White, Florida State
Best Freshman: Jabari Parker, Duke

Big East
1. Georgetown
2. Creighton
3. Marquette
4. St. John's
5. Villanova
6. Providence
7. Xavier
8. Seton Hall
9. DePaul
10. Butler

All-Big East
Bryce Cotton, Providence [sr]
D'Angelo Harrison, St. John's [jr]
JaKarr Sampson, St. John's [soph]
Doug McDermott, Creighton [sr]
Davante Gardner, Marquette [sr]

Awards
Player of the Year: Doug McDermott, Creighton
Top Defender: Chris Obekpa, St. John's
Best Freshman: JaJuan Johnson, Marquette

Big Ten
1. Michigan State
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Wisconsin
5. Iowa
6. Indiana
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Illinois
10. Penn State
11. Northwestern
12. Nebraska

All-Big Ten
Aaron Craft, Ohio State [sr]
Gary Harris, Michigan State [soph]
Glenn Robinson, Michigan [soph]
Mitch McGary, Michigan [soph]
AJ Hammons, Purdue [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Glenn Robinson, Michigan
Top Defender: Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Best Freshman: Noah Vonleh, Indiana

Big 12
1. Kansas
2. Oklahoma State
3. Baylor
4. Iowa State
5. Kansas State
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. Texas
9. Texas Tech
10. TCU

All-Big 12
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State [soph]
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State [sr]
Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State [jr]
Cory Jefferson, Baylor [sr]
Isaiah Austin, Baylor [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Top Defender: Michael Cobbins, Oklahoma State
Best Freshman: Andrew Wiggins, Kansas

Pac-12
1. Arizona
2. UCLA
3. Colorado
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. California
7. Washington
8. Arizona State
9. USC
10. Oregon State
11. Utah
12. Washington State

All-Pac-12
Jahii Carson, Arizona State [soph]
Justin Cobbs, California [sr]
Spencer Dinwiddie, Colorado [jr]
CJ Wilcox, Washington [sr]
Dwight Powell, Stanford [sr]

Awards
Player of the Year: Jahii Carson, Arizona State
Top Defender: Josh Huestis, Stanford
Best Freshman: Aaron Gordon, Arizona

SEC
1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Alabama
5. LSU
6. Arkansas
7. Missouri
8. Vanderbilt
9. Mississippi
10. Georgia
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Auburn
14. Mississippi State

All-SEC
Trevor Releford, Alabama [sr]
Marshall Henderson, Mississippi [sr]
Jordan McRae, Tennessee [sr]
Jabari Brown, Missouri [jr]
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Top Defender: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Best Freshman: Julius Randle, Kentucky

2013-14 Preseason All-Americans and Award Predictions

First Team
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State [soph]
Russ Smith, Louisville [sr]
Glenn Robinson, Michigan [soph]
CJ Fair, Syracuse [sr]
Doug McDermott, Creighton [sr]

Second Team
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut [sr]
Kendall Williams, New Mexico [sr]
Gary Harris, Michigan State [soph]
Joe Harris, Virginia [sr]
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky [soph]

All-Defense
Aaron Craft, Ohio State [sr]
Briante Weber, VCU [jr]
Russ Smith, Louisville [sr]
Fuquan Edwin, Seton Hall [sr]
Chris Obekpa, St. John's [soph]

All-Freshman
Wayne Selden, Kansas
Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
Jabari Parker, Duke
Aaron Gordon, Arizona
Julius Randle, Kentucky

Player of the Year: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Top Defender: Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Best Freshman: Jabari Parker, Duke

2013-14 RBP Preaseason Rankings

1) Louisville

2) Michigan State 

3) Kentucky

4) Kansas

5) Duke

6) Ohio State

7) Arizona

8) Oklahoma State

9) Michigan

10) Florida

11) Georgetown

12) VCU

13) Creighton

14) Connecticut

15) Syracuse

16) Notre Dame

17) North Carolina

18) New Mexico

19) Wisconsin

20) Tennessee

21) Memphis

22) Marquette

23) Gonzaga

24) UCLA

25) Colorado

2012-13 NCAA Honors & Awards

First Team All-American

Trey Burke, Michigan
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga

Second Team All-American

Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Russ Smith, Louisville
Ben McLemore, Kansas

Cody Zeller, Indiana

Jeff Withey, Kansas

All-Defensive Team

Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Victor Oladipo, Indiana

Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
Jeff Withey, Kansas

All-Freshman Team

Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Ben McLemore, Kansas
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Anthony Bennett, UNLV
Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Player of the Year: Trey Burke, Michigan

Top Defender: Jeff Withey, Kansas

Best Freshman: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Jim Larranaga, Miami

*And that wraps up the 2012-13 season.  2013-14 Preseason Top 25 is on its way.

2012-13 Conference Honors & Awards

As usual, after the season ended, I ran out of steam prior to posting RBP's annual Conference Honors & Awards.  Because I want to turn to the 2013-14 season (preseason Top 25, conference projections, All-American teams, etc.), I am posting the six power conferences all at once.

All-ACC

Shane Larkin, Miami
Erick Green, Virginia Tech

Reggie Bullock, North Carolina

Ryan Kelly, Duke

Mason Plumlee, Duke

Player of the Year: Shane Larkin, Miami

Top Defender: Michael Snaer, Florida State

Best Freshman: Rasheed Sulaimon, Duke

Coach of the Year: Jim Larranaga, Miami

All-Big East

Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Russ Smith, Louisville

Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse

Otto Porter, Georgetown

Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Player of the Year: Otto Porter, Georgetown

Top Defender: Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Best Freshman: Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova

Coach of the Year: John Thompson III, Georgetown

All-Big Ten

Trey Burke, Michigan
Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State

Cody Zeller, Indiana

Player of the Year: Trey Burke, Michigan

Top Defender: Victor Oladipo. Indiana

Best Freshman: Gary Harris, Michigan State

Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State

All-Big 12

Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Pierre Jackson, Baylor

Ben McLemore, Kansas

Rodney McGruder, Kansas State

Jeff Withey, Kansas

Player of the Year: Jeff Withey, Kansas

Top Defender: Jeff Withey, Kansas

Best Freshman: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State

All-Pac-12

Jahii Carson, Arizona State
Allen Crabbe, California
Spencer Dinwiddie, Colorado

Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

Dwight Powell, Stanford

Player of the Year: Allen Crabbe, California

Top Defender: Andre Roberson, Colorado

Best Freshman: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

Coach of the Year: Dana Altman, Oregon

All-SEC

Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
Jordan McRae, Tennessee
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Laurence Bowers, Missouri

Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Player of the Year: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia

Top Defender: Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Best Freshman: Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Coach of the Year: Billy Donovan, Florida

Champions.