Creighton heart Ryan Kalkbrenner was chosen Big East Defensive Participant of the 12 months for the fourth straight season on Monday, becoming a member of Georgetown nice Patrick Ewing as the one gamers to perform the feat.
The 7-foot-1 senior led the league with 80 blocks for the Bluejays (22-9, 15-5), the No. 2 seed on this week’s convention event at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Ewing gained the award yearly from 1982-85 earlier than occurring to a Corridor of Fame profession within the NBA.
St. John’s ahead Zuby Ejiofor was chosen Most Improved Participant, UConn huge man Tarris Reed Jr. took the Sixth Man Award, and Xavier ahead Jerome Hunter obtained the Sportsmanship Award.
[Read more: Tarris Reed Jr.’s untapped potential could fuel UConn’s quest for a three-peat]
Massive East head coaches vote for the awards and will not be allowed to choose their very own gamers.
Kalkbrenner, who has by no means fouled out of a sport, is a prime contender for convention Participant of the 12 months, too. He and Ejiofor had been on the All-Massive East first group introduced Sunday, together with Kam Jones of Marquette, RJ Luis Jr. of St. John’s, Eric Dixon of Villanova and Micah Peavy of Georgetown. Kalkbrenner, Jones, Luis and Dixon had been unanimous alternatives.
The award for Participant of the 12 months will go to a kind of six on Wednesday, when Coach of the 12 months and Freshman of the 12 months may also be revealed throughout a information convention at MSG just a few hours earlier than the Massive East Event begins.
Ejiofor, a 6-foot-9 junior and group captain, is averaging 14.1 factors and eight.2 rebounds per sport for No. 6 St. John’s (27-4, 18-2), which gained its first outright Massive East regular-season title in 40 years. He averaged 4.3 factors and three.1 rebounds final season.
The 6-foot-10 Reed is averaging 10 factors and seven.3 rebounds whereas capturing 67% from the sector in 20.2 minutes per sport for the Huskies (22-9, 14-6), the two-time defending NCAA champions. He leads the group with 52 blocks and has seven double-doubles off the bench, most within the nation.
Hunter, a 6-8 graduate pupil, has fought by means of cardiac points and a torn ACL that induced him to overlook final season. He’s averaging 5.7 factors and three.3 rebounds in 19.1 minutes per sport for the Musketeers (21-10, 13-7).
Reporting by The Related Press.
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