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Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
File:Big East Conference.svg
Awarded forthe most outstanding men's basketball player in the Big East Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1980
Currently held byCollin Gillespie, Villanova,
Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall, &
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. The league's head coaches, currently 11, submit their votes following the end of the regular season and before the conference's tournament in early March. The coaches cannot vote for their own players.[1]

The award was introduced following the conference's first season in 1980, in which it was presented to John Duren of Georgetown. Patrick Ewing, Richard Hamilton, Troy Murphy, and Kris Dunn each won the award twice, and Chris Mullin won three consecutive times from 1983 through 1985.[2][3] There have been eight ties. The most recent is the first to have involved three players, with Collin Gillespie and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl of Villanova sharing honors with Seton Hall's Sandro Mamukelashvili in 2021.[4]

When the Big East split along football lines in July 2013, the conference charter was maintained by the football-sponsoring schools that now operate as the American Athletic Conference. However, the "Big East" name was purchased by the seven schools that did not sponsor top-level football (which soon added three new members to establish the current Big East). The current Big East fully recognizes award winners from the original conference as its own, and The American now considers its competitive history (as opposed to its institutional history) to have started with the 2013–14 season.

Four award winners have been inducted into the Naismith 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 the National Basketball Association between 1985 and 2002.[5] Mullin followed in 2011 after a 16-year NBA career (1985–2001).[6] Georgetown's 1992 Player of the Year Alonzo Mourning entered the Hall in 2014 following a 16-year NBA career (1992–2008).[7] The most recent award winner to enter the Hall is Ray Allen from Connecticut, who won the Big East award in 1996 and went on to a 19-season NBA career (1996–2014), entering the Hall in 2018.[8]

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 named Naismith College Player of the Year and Mullin was given the John R. Wooden Award. The following year, Walter Berry of St. John's received the Wooden Award and the Big East Player of the Year award.[9][10] In 1996, Allen received the conference award and was also the final recipient of the UPI Player of the Year Award.[11] In 2004, Connecticut's Emeka Okafor won the conference award while sharing NABC Player of the Year honors with Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's.[12] Creighton's Doug McDermott received all major national awards[12][13][14] along with the conference award in 2014.[15] Finally, Villanova's Jalen Brunson was the national player of the year as well in 2018.[12]

Georgetown has had the most winners, as measured by numbers of both awards and individual players who have won the award. Seven Hoyas players have won a total of eight awards. As of the most recent 2020–21 season, only three of the current 11 members of the Big East have not had a winner—DePaul, which joined in the Big East's 2005 expansion, and Butler and Xavier, both of which joined at the league's relaunch following the 2013 conference split.

Key[]

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners[]

File:Patrick Ewing jersey.jpg

Patrick Ewing (#33 jersey) won a share of the award in 1984 and 1985.

Alonzo Mourning

Alonzo Mourning was the third Georgetown center to win the award.

Chris Mullin

Chris Mullin is the only player to win the award three times, winning in 1983, 1984, and 1985.

File:Ray Allen.JPG

Ray Allen was the second Connecticut player to win the award.

File:Luke Harangody's head.png

Luke Harangody won the award in 2008.

Season Player School Position Class Reference
1979–80 John Duren Georgetown Guard Senior [16][17]
1980–81 John Bagley Boston College Point guard Sophomore [18]
1981–82 Dan Callandrillo Seton Hall Shooting guard Senior [19]
1982–83 Chris Mullin St. John's Small forward Sophomore [3][20]
1983–84† Patrick Ewing Georgetown Center Junior [16][17]
1983–84† Chris Mullin (2) St. John's Small forward Junior [3][20]
1984–85† Patrick Ewing* (2) Georgetown Center Senior [16][17]
1984–85† Chris Mullin* (3) St. John's Small forward Senior [3][20]
1985–86 Walter Berry* St. John's Power forward Senior [21]
1986–87 Reggie Williams Georgetown Small forward Senior [16][17]
1987–88 Charles D. Smith Pittsburgh Power forward Senior [22][23]
1988–89 Charles E. Smith Georgetown Guard Senior [16][17]
1989–90 Derrick Coleman Syracuse Power forward Senior [20]
1990–91 Billy Owens Syracuse Small forward/Shooting guard Junior [24]
1991–92 Alonzo Mourning Georgetown Center Senior [16][17]
1992–93 Terry Dehere Seton Hall Shooting guard Senior [19]
1993–94 Donyell Marshall Connecticut Forward Junior [2]
1994–95 Kerry Kittles Villanova Shooting guard Senior [25]
1995–96 Ray Allen Connecticut Shooting guard Junior [2]
1996–97 Pat Garrity Notre Dame Power forward Junior [26]
1997–98 Richard Hamilton Connecticut Shooting guard/Small forward Sophomore [2]
1998–99† Richard Hamilton (2) Connecticut Shooting guard/Small forward Junior [2]
1998–99† Tim James Miami Small forward Senior [27]
1999–00 Troy Murphy Notre Dame Power forward Sophomore [26]
2000–01† Troy Murphy (2) Notre Dame Power forward Junior [26]
2000–01† Troy Bell Boston College Guard Sophomore [28]
2001–02† Caron Butler Connecticut Small forward Sophomore [2]
2001–02† Brandin Knight Pittsburgh Point guard Junior [22][29]
2002–03 Troy Bell (2) Boston College Guard Senior [28]
2003–04 Emeka Okafor Connecticut Center Junior [2]
2004–05 Hakim Warrick Syracuse Power forward Senior [30]
2005–06 Randy Foye Villanova Guard Senior [31]
2006–07 Jeff Green Georgetown Forward Junior [16][32]
2007–08 Luke Harangody Notre Dame Power forward Sophomore [26][33]
2008–09† DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh Center Sophomore [22]
2008–09† Hasheem Thabeet Connecticut Center Junior [2]
2009–10 Wesley Johnson Syracuse Forward Junior [34]
2010–11 Ben Hansbrough Notre Dame Shooting guard Senior [35]
2011–12 Crowder, JaeJae Crowder Marquette PF Senior [36]
2012–13 Porter, OttoOtto Porter Georgetown F Sophomore [37]
2013–14 McDermott, DougDoug McDermott* Creighton F Senior [15]
2014–15† Arcidiacono, RyanRyan Arcidiacono Villanova PG Junior [38]
2014–15† Dunn, KrisKris Dunn Providence PG Sophomore [38]
2015–16 Dunn, KrisKris Dunn (2) Providence PG Junior [39]
2016–17 Hart, JoshJosh Hart Villanova SG Senior [40]
2017–18 Brunson, JalenJalen Brunson* Villanova PG Junior [41]
2018–19 Howard, MarkusMarkus Howard Marquette PG Junior [42]
2019–20 Powell, MylesMyles Powell Seton Hall SG Senior [43]
2020–21† Gillespie, CollinCollin Gillespie Villanova PG Senior [4]
Mamukelashvili, SandroSandro Mamukelashvili Seton Hall PF Senior [4]
Robinson-Earl, JeremiahJeremiah Robinson-Earl Villanova PF Sophomore [4]

Winners by school[]

School (years in league)[44] Winners Years
Georgetown (1979–present) 8 1980, 1984†, 1985†, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2007, 2013
UConn (1979–2013, 2020–present)[a 1][a 2] 7 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999†, 2002†, 2004, 2009†
Villanova (1980–present) 7 1995, 2006, 2015†, 2017, 2018, 2021 (x2)†
Notre Dame (1995–2013)[a 3] 5 1997, 2000, 2001†, 2008, 2011
St. John's (1979–present) 4 1983, 1984†, 1985†, 1986
Seton Hall (1979–present) 4 1982, 1993, 2020, 2021†
Syracuse (1979–2013)[a 3] 4 1990, 1991, 2005, 2010
Boston College (1979–2005)[a 4][45] 3 1981, 2001†, 2003
Pittsburgh (1982–2013)[a 3] 3 1988, 2002†, 2009†
Marquette (2005–present) 2 2012, 2019
Providence (1979–present) 2 2015†, 2016
Creighton (2013–present) 1 2014
Miami (1991–2004)[a 5][45] 1 1999†
Butler (2013–present) 0 —
Cincinnati (2005–2013)[a 1] 0 —
DePaul (2005–present) 0 —
Louisville (2005–2013)[a 1] 0 —
Rutgers (1995–2013)[a 1] 0 —
South Florida (2005–2013)[a 1] 0 —
Virginia Tech (2000–2004)[a 6][45] 0 —
West Virginia (1995–2012)[a 7] 0 —
Xavier (2013–present) 0 —

Footnotes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Following the split of the original Big East in 2013, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn remained in the football-sponsoring portion now known as the American Athletic Conference.
  2. ↑ UConn joined the current Big East in 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse left for the ACC in 2013.
  4. ↑ Boston College was a founding member in 1979, and left the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2005.
  5. ↑ Miami joined the conference in 1991 and left for the ACC in 2004.
  6. ↑ Virginia Tech became an all-sports member of the Big East in 2000 after having been a football-only member since 1991. The Hokies left for the ACC in 2004.
  7. ↑ West Virginia became an all-sports member of the Big East in 1995 after having been a football-only member since 1991. The Mountaineers left for the Big 12 Conference in 2012.

See also[]

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