5 Huskies Earn Preseason All-BIG EAST Honors

NEW YORK – A complete of 5 from the No. 4 UConn’s males’s basketball crew acquired preseason accolades from the BIG EAST Conference, the league introduced forward of Media Day on Tuesday morning (Oct. 21). Solo Ball, Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. had been all named All-Conference Preseason First Team, with Silas Demary Jr. nabbing a spot on the Second Team. Braylon Mullins was chosen because the league’s Preseason Freshman of the Year, marking the third-straight season a Husky has acquired that honor. In addition, the league’s head coaches slated UConn to complete second within the preseason ballot.

The Huskies are the primary BIG EAST crew to put three members on the league’s Preseason All-Conference First Team since Villanova forward of 2005-06, when Randy Foye, Allan Ray and Curtis Sumpter had been Preseason All-BIG EAST and the consideration was a single crew. Mullins joins Stephon Castle and Liam McNeeley because the third-straight Preseason Freshman of the Year decide hailing from Storrs. Both Castle and McNeeley went on to win the postseason honor earlier than changing into First Round NBA Draft picks.

Ball and Karaban earn their preseason honors after being named to the 2025 All-Conference Second Team, whereas Reed Jr. was the league’s 2025 Sixth Man Award winner. Demary Jr. beforehand acquired a convention honor in 2024 when he was named to the SEC All-Freshman crew and Mullins was a 2025 McDonald’s All-America decide.

The Huskies return practically 60 % of their scoring from final season, headlined by their three Preseason First Team picks who had been three of Connecticut’s prime 4 scorers a 12 months in the past. Karaban returns after posting a career-high 14.3 factors per sport in ’24-25 together with 5.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 blocks per sport. He is climbing the ranks of the UConn all-time scoring leaders, presently sitting in 27^th with 1,353 profession factors.

Ball emerged final season as of the nation’s premiere 3-point shooters, connecting on 99 triples at a 41.4 % clip to rank among the many nationwide leaders. He is coming off a breakout sophomore season wherein greater than quadrupled his scoring output and averaged 14.4. factors per sport. Reed Jr. was the 2025 BIG EAST Sixth Man Award winner after a powerful first season in Storrs wherein the massive man averaged 9.6 factors, a team-high 7.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per sport and shot 67.0 % in 19.9 minutes an evening.  

The preseason honor for Demary Jr. comes forward of the highly-touted switch’s first marketing campaign at Connecticut. He averaged 11.5 factors, 3.9 rebounds and a pair of.8 assists per sport over two seasons at Georgia and is a profession 35.3 % shooter from 3-point vary. Mullins takes residence Preseason Freshman of the Year after setting the all-time scoring document at Greenfield-Central High and incomes McDonald’s All-America and Indiana “Mr. Basketball” laurels.

Connecticut was chosen to complete second by the league’s head coaches and acquired 4 first place votes, narrowly ending behind favourite St. John’s 97-94 in whole factors. The Huskies have gained the league’s common season title 11 occasions and the event crown on eight events – each essentially the most in convention historical past.

The common season for the Huskies begins on Nov. 3 at Gampel Pavilion. UConn will play 5 foes ranked within the first AP Top 25 over the course of non-conference play.