Few players in the Big East were better than Seton Hall’s Isaiah Whitehead this season.
While the sophomore did not win the conference’s Player of the Year award on Wednesday – Providence’s Kris Dunn did – Whitehead’s 2015-16 campaign landed him on the All-Big East First Team. Only six other Pirates have ever received such a selection.
Head coach Kevin Willard said his point guard’s play was worthy of Big East Player of the Year.
“I think he deserves it,” Willard said of Whitehead before the award was announced. “Maybe I’m a little biased because he’s my guy, but he’s had such a good year.