NEW YORK – For the first time in league history, three players will share BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors. Khyri Thomas of Creighton along with Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart of Villanova tied in the balloting by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players for awards. The league also announced that Providence’s Kyron Cartwright has been named BIG EAST Most Improved Player. Marquette’s Andrew Rowsey has won the BIG EAST Sixth Man Award. DePaul’s Billy Garrett Jr. has been selected for the BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award.
The BIG EAST will announce the remaining individual awards: Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Outstanding Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete at a press conference at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, March 8, at 4:30 p.