NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Sophomore guard Khyri Thomas of the Creighton men's basketball team has been named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year in a vote of league coaches. Thomas shares the award with Villanova's Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges as part of the first three-way tie for a major award in league history.
Thomas is just the second player in Creighton history to be named a Defensive Player of the Year by a conference, joining Gregory Echenique's recognition in 2011-12 by the Missouri Valley Conference.
A 6-foot-3 sophomore from Omaha, Neb.