Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year

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Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
Awarded forthe best defensive basketball player in the Big East Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1982
Most recentRyan Kalkbrenner, Creighton

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top defender by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the 1981–82 season.[1][2]

Key

† Co-Defensive Players of the Year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big East Defensive Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class
1981–82 Patrick Ewing Georgetown C Freshman
1982–83 Patrick Ewing (2×) Georgetown C Sophomore
1983–84 Patrick Ewing (3×) Georgetown C Junior
1984–85 Patrick Ewing (4×) Georgetown C Senior
1985–86 Harold Pressley Villanova SF Senior
1986–87 Mark Jackson St. John's PG Senior
1987–88 Gary Massey Villanova G/F Junior
1988–89 Alonzo Mourning Georgetown C Freshman
1989–90† Alonzo Mourning (2×) Georgetown C Sophomore
Dikembe Mutombo Georgetown C Sophomore
1990–91 Dikembe Mutombo (2×) Georgetown C Junior
1991–92 Alonzo Mourning (3×) Georgetown C Senior
1992–93 Jerry Walker Seton Hall F Senior
1993–94 Donyell Marshall UConn F Junior
1994–95 Allen Iverson Georgetown G Freshman
1995–96 Allen Iverson (2×) Georgetown G Sophomore
1996–97 Jason Lawson Villanova C Senior
1997–98 Damian Owens West Virginia SF Senior
1998–99 Etan Thomas Syracuse F/C Junior
1999–00 Etan Thomas (2×) Syracuse F/C Senior
2000–01 John Linehan Providence PG Junior
2001–02 John Linehan (2×) Providence PG Senior
2002–03 Emeka Okafor UConn C Sophomore
2003–04 Emeka Okafor (2×) UConn C Junior
2004–05 Josh Boone UConn C Sophomore
2005–06 Hilton Armstrong UConn C Senior
2006–07 Jerel McNeal Marquette SG Sophomore
2007–08 Hasheem Thabeet UConn C Sophomore
2008–09 Hasheem Thabeet (2×) UConn C Junior
2009–10 Hamady N'Diaye Rutgers C Senior
2010–11 Rick Jackson Syracuse F/C Senior
2011–12 Fab Melo Syracuse C Sophomore
2012–13 Gorgui Dieng Louisville C Junior
2013–14 Fuquan Edwin Seton Hall G/F Senior
2014–15† Kris Dunn Providence PG Junior
Sir'Dominic Pointer St. John's SG Senior
2015–16 Kris Dunn (2×) Providence PG Senior
2016–17† Mikal Bridges Villanova G/F Sophomore
Josh Hart Villanova SG Senior
Khyri Thomas Creighton SG Sophomore
2017–18 Khyri Thomas (2×) Creighton SG Junior
2018–19 Justin Simon St. John's SG Senior
2019–20 Romaro Gill Seton Hall C Senior
2020–21† Isaiah Whaley UConn F/C Senior
Posh Alexander St. John's PG Freshman
2021–22 Ryan Kalkbrenner Creighton C Sophomore
2022–23 Ryan Kalkbrenner (2×) Creighton C Junior
2023–24 Ryan Kalkbrenner (3×) Creighton C Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)[3] Winners Years
Georgetown (1979) 11 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990 (2×)†, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
UConn (1979/2020)[a 1][a 2] 8 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2021
Villanova (1980) 5 1986, 1988, 1997, 2017 (2×)†
Creighton (2013) 5 2017†, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
Providence (1979) 4 2001, 2002, 2015†, 2016
St. John's (1979) 4 1987, 1985†, 2019, 2021
Syracuse (1979)[a 3] 4 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012
Seton Hall (1979) 3 1993, 2014, 2020
Louisville (2005)[a 1] 1 2013
Marquette (2005) 1 2007
Rutgers (1995) 1 2010
West Virginia (1995)[a 4] 1 1998

Notes

  1. ^ a b Following the split of the original Big East in 2013, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn remained in the football-sponsoring portion now known as the American Athletic Conference.
  2. ^ UConn joined the current Big East in 2020.
  3. ^ Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse left for the ACC in 2013.
  4. ^ West Virginia became an all-sports member of the Big East in 1995; it had also joined for football in 1991. The Mountaineers left for the Big 12 in 2012.

References

  1. ^ "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS - ALL-BIG EAST TEAMS". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on November 17, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Big East Conference". Big East Conference. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2009.