Big East Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year
October 27, 2023
The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year, known as Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year from 1989 to 2015, is a Rookie of the Year award given annually by the Big East Conference to one or more men's basketball players in their first year of competitive play. It was first awarded by the original Big East Conference at the end of its inaugural 1979–80 season.[1] When the conference split along football lines in 2013, the seven schools of the original Big East that did not play FBS football joined with three other schools and formed a new Big East Conference, with the FBS schools remaining in the former Big East structure under the new name of American Athletic Conference (The American). While both offshoot conferences claim the same 1979 starting date and administrative history, the athletic history of the original league is claimed only by the current Big East.
The award was introduced following the conference's first season in 1980, awarded to David Russell of St. John's.[4] Until the 1988–89 season, the award was known as the "Freshman of the Year";[5] from then through the 2014–15 season, it was known as "Rookie of the Year", and first-year transfers were eligible for the award alongside freshmen. The award once again became "Freshman of the Year" in 2016, with eligibility restricted to freshmen.[6] The award has been shared twice—first after the 2004–05 season by Rudy Gay and Jeff Green, and again after the 2007–08 season by Jonny Flynn and DeJuan Blair. As such, the award has been presented 40 times. As only freshmen are eligible (with first-year transfers also eligible from 1989–2015), it is impossible to win the award more than once. However, the coaches in the conference also award a Preseason Rookie of the Year to one or more players before the start of the NCAA basketball season.
Georgetown University leads the award count as of 2023 with seven. The Big East split into two conferences in July 2013. One of the leagues, which initially included only schools that do not sponsor FBS football, retained the Big East name. This group of schools, whose core members are collectively known as the "Catholic 7", includes Georgetown. The other league, which was made up entirely of FBS football schools until non-football school Wichita State University joined in 2017, maintains the charter of the original Big East but now operates as the American Athletic Conference. The University of Connecticut, which initially remained in the renamed conference before rejoining in 2020, has the second most winners, with five. Only 13 of the 23 teams that have participated in Big East Conference men's basketball have had players win the Rookie of the Year award. Member schools which have never won the award include Providence College (in the current Big East), Rutgers University (which left The American for the Big Ten Conference in 2014), the University of Louisville (which left The American for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014), the University of South Florida (now in The American), and two schools which joined the current Big East from other conferences in 2013: Butler University and Xavier University. Schools which left the Big East without winning the award include the University of Miami, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia University. Boston College was a founding member in 1979, and left the Big East for the ACC in 2005.[7] Because the college basketball season spans the new year, the year awarded is the year in which that season ended.
^ abcdeThe University of Connecticut used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand until the 2013–14 school year, when it officially adopted its long-used short form of "UConn".
^ abFollowing the split of the conference, Cincinnati and UConn (along with three other schools that never had a winner: Louisville, Rutgers, and South Florida) remained in the football-sponsoring portion now known as The American. UConn returned to the reconfigured Big East in 2020.
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The Big East Conference Men s Basketball Freshman of the Year known as Big East Conference Men s Basketball Rookie of the Year from 1989 to 2015 is a Rookie of the Year award given annually by the Big East Conference to one or more men s basketball players in their first year of competitive play It was first awarded by the original Big East Conference at the end of its inaugural 1979 80 season 1 When the conference split along football lines in 2013 the seven schools of the original Big East that did not play FBS football joined with three other schools and formed a new Big East Conference with the FBS schools remaining in the former Big East structure under the new name of American Athletic Conference The American While both offshoot conferences claim the same 1979 starting date and administrative history the athletic history of the original league is claimed only by the current Big East The award like the other conference awards is voted on by conference coaches Coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their teams 2 The recipient of the award is announced at a press conference immediately preceding the Big East men s basketball tournament at the same time as the Big East Conference Men s Basketball Player of the Year and the Scholar Athlete of the Year awards The ceremony takes place at Madison Square Garden during the tournament 2 The most recent award recipient was Cam Whitmore of Villanova University 3 The award was introduced following the conference s first season in 1980 awarded to David Russell of St John s 4 Until the 1988 89 season the award was known as the Freshman of the Year 5 from then through the 2014 15 season it was known as Rookie of the Year and first year transfers were eligible for the award alongside freshmen The award once again became Freshman of the Year in 2016 with eligibility restricted to freshmen 6 The award has been shared twice first after the 2004 05 season by Rudy Gay and Jeff Green and again after the 2007 08 season by Jonny Flynn and DeJuan Blair As such the award has been presented 40 times As only freshmen are eligible with first year transfers also eligible from 1989 2015 it is impossible to win the award more than once However the coaches in the conference also award a Preseason Rookie of the Year to one or more players before the start of the NCAA basketball season Contents 1 Winners 2 Winners by school 3 Footnotes 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksWinners editSeason Player School1979 80 David Russell St John s1980 81 Fred Brown Georgetown1981 82 Patrick Ewing Georgetown1982 83 Earl Kelley UConn a 1 1983 84 Dwayne Washington Syracuse1984 85 Charles Smith Pittsburgh1985 86 Dana Barros Boston College1986 87 Derrick Coleman Syracuse1987 88 Sean Miller Pittsburgh1988 89 Brian Shorter Pittsburgh1989 90 Nadav Henefeld UConn a 1 1990 91 Bill Curley Boston College1991 92 Lawrence Moten Syracuse1992 93 Othella Harrington Georgetown1993 94 Doron Sheffer UConn a 1 1994 95 Allen Iverson Georgetown1995 96 Scoonie Penn Boston College1996 97 Tim Thomas Villanova1997 98 Khalid El Amin UConn a 1 1998 99 Troy Murphy Notre Dame1999 00 Troy Bell Boston College2000 01 Eddie Griffin Seton Hall2001 02 Chris Thomas Notre Dame2002 03 Carmelo Anthony Syracuse2003 04 Chris Taft Pittsburgh2004 05 Rudy Gay UConn a 1 2004 05 Jeff Green Georgetown2005 06 Dominic James Marquette2006 07 Scottie Reynolds Villanova2007 08 Jonny Flynn Syracuse2007 08 DeJuan Blair Pittsburgh2008 09 Greg Monroe Georgetown2009 10 Lance Stephenson Cincinnati2010 11 Cleveland Melvin DePaul2011 12 Moe Harkless St John s2012 13 JaKarr Sampson St John s2013 14 Billy Garrett Jr DePaul2014 15 Angel Delgado Seton Hall2015 16 Henry Ellenson Marquette2016 17 Justin Patton Creighton2017 18 Omari Spellman Villanova2018 19 James Akinjo Georgetown2019 20 Jeremiah Robinson Earl Villanova2020 21 Posh Alexander St John s2021 22 Ryan Nembhard Creighton2022 23 Cam Whitmore VillanovaWinners by school editGeorgetown University leads the award count as of 2023 with seven The Big East split into two conferences in July 2013 One of the leagues which initially included only schools that do not sponsor FBS football retained the Big East name This group of schools whose core members are collectively known as the Catholic 7 includes Georgetown The other league which was made up entirely of FBS football schools until non football school Wichita State University joined in 2017 maintains the charter of the original Big East but now operates as the American Athletic Conference The University of Connecticut which initially remained in the renamed conference before rejoining in 2020 has the second most winners with five Only 13 of the 23 teams that have participated in Big East Conference men s basketball have had players win the Rookie of the Year award Member schools which have never won the award include Providence College in the current Big East Rutgers University which left The American for the Big Ten Conference in 2014 the University of Louisville which left The American for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014 the University of South Florida now in The American and two schools which joined the current Big East from other conferences in 2013 Butler University and Xavier University Schools which left the Big East without winning the award include the University of Miami Virginia Tech and West Virginia University Boston College was a founding member in 1979 and left the Big East for the ACC in 2005 7 Because the college basketball season spans the new year the year awarded is the year in which that season ended School year joined 8 Winners YearsGeorgetown 1979 7 1981 1982 1993 1995 2005 2009 2019Pittsburgh 1982 a 2 5 1985 1988 1989 2004 2008Syracuse 1979 a 2 5 1984 1987 1992 2003 2008UConn 1979 2020 a 3 5 1983 1990 1994 1998 2005Villanova 1980 5 1997 2007 2018 2020 2023Boston College 1979 a 4 4 1986 1991 1996 2000St John s 1979 4 1980 2012 2013 2021DePaul 2005 2 2011 2014Notre Dame 1995 a 2 2 1999 2002Seton Hall 1979 2 2001 2015Marquette 2005 2 2006 2016Cincinnati 2005 a 3 1 2010Creighton 2013 1 2017Footnotes edit a b c d e The University of Connecticut used Connecticut as its primary athletic brand until the 2013 14 school year when it officially adopted its long used short form of UConn a b c Notre Dame Pittsburgh and Syracuse left for the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC in 2013 a b Following the split of the conference Cincinnati and UConn along with three other schools that never had a winner Louisville Rutgers and South Florida remained in the football sponsoring portion now known as The American UConn returned to the reconfigured Big East in 2020 Boston College left for the ACC in 2005 See also editBig East Conference Men s Basketball Player of the Year Big East Conference Women s Basketball Player of the Year Big East Conference Men s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year List of All Big East Conference men s basketball teamsReferences edit 2008 09 Big East Media Guide PDF p 143 Archived from the original PDF on April 28 2009 Retrieved February 10 2020 a b Anthony Mike March 11 2009 Thabeet Blair Share Big East Player Of Year Award The Hartford Courant Archived from the original on March 15 2009 Retrieved 2009 05 26 Marquette Earns Player Coach of the Year Honors Press release Big East Conference March 8 2023 Retrieved April 1 2023 Great Names In St John s Basketball History St John s Red Storm 2009 Retrieved 2009 05 26 Big East Basketball Rookie of the Year Orange Hoops March 11 2009 Archived from the original on 16 April 2009 Retrieved 2009 05 26 BIG EAST Announces Men s Basketball Major Awards Press release Big East Conference March 19 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 About the ACC Atlantic Coast Conference Archived from the original on January 19 2012 Retrieved March 12 2009 The Big East Conference Big East Conference Archived from the original on 16 March 2009 Retrieved March 29 2009 External links editBig East Men s Basketball Retrieved from 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