The senior shooting guard Torrell Martin, the league's preseason player of the year, shot 40.6 percent on 3-pointers last season.

For the first time in the 17-year history of Big East women's basketball, a sophomore was named the preseason player of the year today.

Sue Bird was named the preseason national player of the year based on her reputation.

Taurasi, among the players there, was honored as the Big East's preseason player of the year.

The Big East women's basketball coaches chose their preseason player of the year today.

So what happened at today's Big East media day when the coaches announced this season's preseason player of the year?

The voting is done by the league coaches, who chose the 18-year-old Abrosimova as the preseason player of the year.

After languishing on the bench for two seasons, he finally got his chance to start during a preseason players strike in 1974.

Rizzotti, a senior, is a near-unanimous choice as the preseason player of the year.

Before the 2007-08 season he was named Big East's preseason player of the year.