Kris Dunn has been named both the Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. Dunn becomes just the sixth player in league history to win Player of the Year twice, and is one of only two players ever to win both awards twice (Patrick Ewing was the other).
He is the only guard to win both awards in a season — a feat Dunn has now accomplished twice.
While a case could have been made for Dunn’s teammate Ben Bentil (leading the league in scoring by almost four points per game), Seton Hall’s Isaiah Whitehead (the folks in Jersey are not too pleased with this decision judging by the reaction online) or Villanova’s Josh Hart (15.