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Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player
Awarded forthe most improved basketball player in the Big East Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1997
Most recentJoel Soriano, St. John's

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the most improved by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the 1996–97 season.[1][2]

Key

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

Winners

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Season Player School Position Class Reference
1996–97 Cheikh Yaya Dia Georgetown C Senior
1997–98 Etan Thomas Syracuse F/C Sophomore
1998–99 Johnny Hemsley Miami G/F Junior
1999–00† Ricardo Greer Pittsburgh F Junior
Shaheen Holloway Seton Hall PG Senior
2000–01† Preston Shumpert Syracuse F Junior
Calvin Bowman West Virginia C Senior
2001–02 Brandin Knight Pittsburgh PG Junior
2002–03 Hakim Warrick Syracuse F Sophomore
2003–04 Carl Krauser Pittsburgh PG Sophomore
2004–05† Jared Dudley Boston College F Sophomore
Marcus Williams UConn PG Sophomore
2005–06 Aaron Gray Pittsburgh C Junior
2006–07 Herbert Hill Providence F/C Senior
2007–08 Sam Young Pittsburgh SF Junior
2008–09 Dante Cunningham Villanova F Senior
2009–10 Ashton Gibbs Pittsburgh PG Sophomore
2010–11 Dwight Hardy St. John's SG Senior
2011–12 Jack Cooley Notre Dame C Junior
2012–13† Michael Carter-Williams Syracuse PG Sophomore
Kadeem Batts Providence PF Junior
2013–14† Daniel Ochefu Villanova F/C Sophomore [3]
Darrun Hilliard Villanova G Junior
2014–15 Sir'Dominic Pointer St. John's SG Senior [4]
2015–16 Ben Bentil Providence F Sophomore [5]
2016–17 Kyron Cartwright Providence PG Junior [6]
2017–18 Myles Powell Seton Hall G Sophomore [7]
2018–19 Paul Reed DePaul PF Sophomore [8]
2019–20 Romaro Gill Seton Hall C Senior [9]
2020–21† Julian Champagnie St. John's G/F Sophomore [10]
Zach Freemantle Xavier F Sophomore
2021–22 Justin Lewis Marquette F Sophomore [11]
2022–23 Joel Soriano St. John's C Senior [12]
2023–24 Desmond Claude Xavier G Sophomore [13]

References

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  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. ^ "BIG EAST Announces Several Men's Basketball Awards". Big East Conference. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Dunn, Pointer Share Defensive Player Of Year". Big East Conference. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "BIG EAST Announces Men's Basketball Major Awards". Big East Conference. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Thomas, Bridges, Hart Share Defensive Player of the Year Honors Cartwright Selected Most Improved Player Rowsey Takes Sixth Man Award Garrett Jr. Selected For Sportsmanship Honor". Big East Conference. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Creighton's Thomas Repeats As Defensive Player of the Year". Big East Conference. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "Simon, Reed, Jorgensen, Fowler Win #BIGEASTmbb Individual Awards". Big East Conference. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Seton Hall's Gill Named Defensive Player of the Year & Most Improved Player Creighton's Mahoney Selected for Sixth Man Award Baldwin, Mosely and Holt Share Sportsmanship Award". Big East Conference. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "BIG EAST Announces Individual MBB Awards". Big East Conference. March 8, 2021. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Big East Announces Individual MBB Awards". Big East Conference. March 7, 2022. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Big East Announces Individual MBB Awards". Big East Conference. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Big East Announces Individual MBB Awards". Big East Conference. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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