When the Big East All-Conference teams were announced on Sunday, there was a moment of hesitation when we saw that Marquette’s Markus Howard was one of four players that were unanimously named as all-conference First Team honorees. When you see someone as an unanimous selection, it’s clear that they’re in contention for Player of the Year.
That mystery and hesitation was wiped away on Wednesday when Howard was named Player of the Year by vote of the Big East coaches. He wasn’t an unanimous vote for that award, so it’s clear that a vote or two went in the direction of one of the other chaps who made the First team with everyone’s vote.