The Athletic: Big East Men’s players poll

[tcf15]

Big East poll: Men’s players anonymously dish on top players, coaches and more

Who is the hardest player to guard? The teammate other players would most like to have? The coach they'd most like to play for?

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The Athletic created a players poll that was sent to every team in the Big East, granting players anonymity so they wouldn’t be scared to give their honest assessments of the league. Players were instructed not to vote for their team, coach or arena. We had 14 participants from across the conference. This is how they see the 2021-22 Big East.

Hardest player to guard: Julian Champagnie (5 votes)

• Tyrese Martin got 1 vote

Hardest player to score on: Posh Alexander (5 votes)

• Isaiah Whaley got 3 votes

I’d love to play with…: Collin Gillespie (4 votes)

• No UConn players earned a vote here

Which coach would you like to play for?: Ed Cooley (4 votes)

• Dan Hurley second with 3 votes

Who will win the Big East?: Villanova (7 votes)

• UConn had 1 vote

Favorite Big East arena: MSG (6 votes)

• No love for Gampel/XL

 

[Guapo]

Big East poll: Men’s players anonymously dish on top players, coaches and more

Who is the hardest player to guard? The teammate other players would most like to have? The coach they'd most like to play for?

theathletic.com

The Athletic created a players poll that was sent to every team in the Big East, granting players anonymity so they wouldn’t be scared to give their honest assessments of the league. Players were instructed not to vote for their team, coach or arena. We had 14 participants from across the conference. This is how they see the 2021-22 Big East.

Hardest player to guard: Julian Champagnie (5 votes)

• Tyrese Martin got 1 vote

Hardest player to score on: Posh Alexander (5 votes)

• Isaiah Whaley got 3 votes

I’d love to play with…: Collin Gillespie (4 votes)

• No UConn players earned a vote here

Which coach would you like to play for?: Ed Cooley (4 votes)

• Dan Hurley second with 3 votes

Who will win the Big East?: Villanova (7 votes)

• UConn had 1 vote

Favorite Big East arena: MSG (6 votes)

• No love for Gampel/XL

All of this is fine/understandable...except for Whaley. But, ultimately that’s ok. I’m excited to see teams attempt to score on him

 

[Connecticut13]

Can’t take this too seriously. A few players were doing some serious trolling by picking DePaul to win the conference.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Remember that the chances are close to 0% that those 14 players that responded have even played a game at Gampel/XL with a full crowd

 

[navery12]

All of this is fine/understandable...except for Whaley. But, ultimately that’s ok. I’m excited to see teams attempt to score on him

It makes sense that any guard who was interviewed is going to pick Posh the same way any big man will pick Whaley

 

[Chin Diesel]

Jay Wright wasn't the first or second choice of coaches the respondents would want to play for??? Yeah, that doesn't speak too highly of those being polled.

 

[Get a Job]

14 out of 143 players is a laughably small sample size. I have a sneaking suspicion that the survey was sent to all 11 teams, 9 of them said, "This is stupid. I'm not distributing this to my players.", and then 7 players from each of the other two teams filled it out without taking it seriously.

 

[auror]

Jay Wright wasn't the first or second choice of coaches the respondents would want to play for??? Yeah, that doesn't speak too highly of those being polled.

He was tied for Hurley for 2nd.

 

[Psolo12]

Depaul with 3 votes to win the Big East hahaha most of these kids were probably messing around

 

[Guapo]

Depaul with 3 votes to win the Big East hahaha most of these kids were probably messing around

clearly

 

[HuskyFich]

Remember that the chances are close to 0% that those 14 players that responded have even played a game at Gampel/XL with a full crowd

I mean even I am choosing MSG lol

 

[gtcam]

Remember that the chances are close to 0% that those 14 players that responded have even played a game at Gampel/XL with a full crowd

Gampel vs MSG?
Not even close
MSG all day long