For those of you who are unaware of the Big East Postseason Awards, they come in a few varieties: Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixth Man, and Sportsmanship.
Yeah, it’s already a lot. Like, a lot a lot. And it doesn’t help that so many awards end up having shared recipients (3 players split Player of the Year last season, for crying out loud) (spoiler alert).
But hear me out on this one, please. It’s 2022, the transfer portal as we know it now will continue to be a reality, and it’s time to start taking recognition of players that are non-traditional newcomers to the conference, as we’ve seen in this year alone multiple players dominate the Big East who just last year were in different conferences or even different levels of collegiate basketball.