Yessoufou, Jackson Named to Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team

NEW YORK – Coming off back-to-back BIG EAST Outright Regular Season and Tournament titles, the St. John’s men’s basketball team has placed two student-athletes on the Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, it was announced on Thursday morning in conjunction with BIG EAST Media Day at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. Tounde Yessoufou was unanimously selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team while Ian Jackson also earned a nod to the league’s top preseason squad. Yessoufou was one of three unanimous selections to the All-BIG EAST First Team alongside UConn’s Braylon Mullins and Marquette’s Nigel James Jr. St. John’s was…