Overview
- Coaches' voting named St. John's senior Zuby Ejiofor Player of the Year, with coaches barred from voting for their own players and Ejiofor earning unanimous support.
- Ejiofor also swept Defensive Player of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a unanimous All-Big East first-team spot.
- He averaged 16.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 blocks, the only power-conference player to lead his team and rank top 10 in his league in all four categories.
- Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway was a unanimous Coach of the Year after a 13-win jump to fourth place from a last-place preseason projection.
- Marquette guard Nigel James Jr. earned Freshman of the Year with 19.3 points per game, the highest by a Big East freshman since Carmelo Anthony in 2002-03.