American collegiate basketball award
Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding male basketball player in theBig East Conference Country United States History First award 1980 Most recent RJ Luis Jr. ,St. John's
TheBig East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the men'sbasketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the league's inaugural season of 1979–80.[ 1]
The head coaches of the league's 11 teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and before theconference's tournament in early March. The coaches cannot vote for their own players.[ 2] A select media panel's votes are also counted.[ 2]
The award was introduced following the conference's first season in 1980, in which it was presented toJohn Duren ofGeorgetown .Patrick Ewing (Georgetown),Richard Hamilton (Connecticut ),Troy Bell (Boston College ),Troy Murphy (Notre Dame ),Kris Dunn (Providence ), andCollin Gillespie (Villanova ) each won the award twice, whileChris Mullin (St. John's ) won three consecutive times from 1983 through 1985.[ 1] Four award winners have beeninducted as players to theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . Ewing, who shared the award in 1984 and 1985 with Mullin, was inducted in 2008 after playing 17 years in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) between 1985 and 2002.[ 3] Mullin followed in 2011 after a 16-year NBA career (1985–2001).[ 4] Georgetown's 1992 Player of the YearAlonzo Mourning entered the Hall in 2014 following a 16-year NBA career (1992–2008).[ 5] The most recent award winner to enter the Hall isRay Allen from Connecticut, who won the Big East award in 1996 and went on to a 19-season NBA career (1996–2014), getting inducted in 2018.[ 6] There have been eight ties, the most recent instance was among Collin Gillespie andJeremiah Robinson-Earl of Villanova along withSandro Mamukelashvili ofSeton Hall (2021 ).[ 1]
Seven players have been awarded a major national player of the year award in the same year that they received a Big East Player of the Year award. In 1985, Ewing and Mullin shared the conference award, while Ewing was namedNaismith College Player of the Year and Mullin was given theJohn R. Wooden Award .[ 7] The following year,Walter Berry of St. John's received the Wooden Award.[ 8] In 1996, Allen received the conference award and was also the final recipient of theUPI Player of the Year Award .[ 9] In 2004, Connecticut'sEmeka Okafor won the conference award while sharingNABC Player of the Year honors withJameer Nelson ofSaint Joseph's .[ 10] Creighton 'sDoug McDermott received all major national awards along with the conference award in 2014.[ 11] Lastly, Villanova'sJalen Brunson was the consensus national player of the year in 2018.[ 12]
Georgetown and Villanova are tied for the most winners with 8 selections each.[ 1] The only current Big East members without a winner areButler andXavier , both of which joined the conference at its relaunch following its2013 split into two leagues , andDePaul , members since2005 .
School (year joined) Winners Years Georgetown (1979)8 1980, 1984† , 1985† , 1987, 1989, 1992, 2007, 2013 Villanova (1980)8 1995, 2006, 2015† , 2017, 2018, 2021 (×2)† , 2022 UConn (1979/2020)[ a 1] [ a 2] 7 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999† , 2002† , 2004, 2009† Notre Dame (1995)[ a 3] 5 1997, 2000, 2001† , 2008, 2011 St. John's (1979)5 1983, 1984† , 1985† , 1986, 2025 Seton Hall (1979)4 1982, 1993, 2020, 2021† Syracuse (1979)[ a 3] 4 1990, 1991, 2005, 2010 Boston College (1979)[ a 4] 3 1981, 2001† , 2003 Marquette (2005)3 2012, 2019, 2023 Pittsburgh (1982)[ a 5] 3 1988, 2002† , 2009† Providence (1979)3 2015† , 2016, 2024 Creighton (2013)1 2014 Miami (1991)[ a 6] 1 1999† Butler (2013)0 — Cincinnati (2005)[ a 1] 0 — DePaul (2005)0 — Louisville (2005)[ a 1] 0 — Rutgers (1995)[ a 1] 0 — South Florida (2005)[ a 1] 0 — Virginia Tech (2000)[ a 7] 0 — West Virginia (1995)[ a 8] 0 — Xavier (2013)0 —
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(March 14, 2019)."Howard named Big East POY" .Eau Claire Leader-Telegram .Eau Claire, Wisconsin . p. B4. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Carino, Jerry (March 12, 2020)."Seton Hall's Myles Powell named 2019–20 Big East Player of Year" .Herald News .Woodland Park, New Jersey . p. S2. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^a b c Carino, Jerry (March 11, 2021)."Mamukelashvili shares Big East Player of the Year" .Asbury Park Press .Neptune Township, New Jersey . p. B2. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Moore, Tom (March 24, 2022)."Gillespie hopes he has 4 games left at Villanova" .Courier-Post .Cherry Hill, New Jersey . p. B4. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "No. 6 Marquette 65, No. 15 Xavier 51" .The Santa Fe New Mexican .Santa Fe, New Mexico . March 12, 2023. p. D5. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ Borges, David (March 14, 2024)."Hurley, Castle earn Big East awards, Newton snubbed" .Record-Journal . 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