MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jevon Carter, whose on-the-ball pressure and deflected passes became a hallmark of “Press Virginia” the past three seasons, earned Defensive Player of the Year honors Sunday night from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Carter received the award in Phoenix at the Final Four awards show. It’s an honor at least one of his teammates could have envisioned during the summer of 2014 when Carter arrived at West Virginia.
“We were in open gym and he was picking up full-court on defense,” guard Tarik Phillip recalled. “I mean, almost nobody does that.