The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the top performer by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the league's inaugural season of 1979–80.
The head coaches of the league's 11 teams submit their votes following the end of the regular season and before the conference's tournament in early March. The coaches cannot vote for their own players. A select media panel's votes are also counted. Mullin followed in 2011 after a 16-year NBA career (1985–2001). Georgetown's 1992 Player of the Year Alonzo Mourning entered the Hall in 2014 following a 16-year NBA career (1992–2008). The most recent award winner to enter the Hall is Ray Allen from Connecticut, who won the Big East award in 1996 and went on to a 19-season NBA career (1996–2014), getting inducted in 2018. There have been eight ties, the most recent instance was among Collin Gillespie and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl of Villanova along with Sandro Mamukelashvili of Seton Hall (2021). The following year, Walter Berry of St. John's received the Wooden Award. In 1996, Allen received the conference award and was also the final recipient of the UPI Player of the Year Award. In 2004, Connecticut's Emeka Okafor won the conference award while sharing NABC Player of the Year honors with Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's. Creighton's Doug McDermott received all major national awards along with the conference award in 2014. Lastly, Villanova's Jalen Brunson was the consensus national player of the year in 2018.
Georgetown and Villanova are tied for the most winners with 8 selections each.
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| 1980–81
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| Boston College
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| Seton Hall
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| St. John's
| SF
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" rowspan=2| 1983–84<sup>†</sup>
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| Georgetown
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| St. John's
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| St. John's
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| Georgetown
| SF
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| Pittsburgh
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| 1988–89
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| Georgetown
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| 1989–90
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| Syracuse
| PF
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| 1990–91
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| Syracuse
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| 1991–92
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| Georgetown
| C
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| 1992–93
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| Seton Hall
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| 1993–94
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| UConn
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| 1994–95
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| Villanova
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| UConn
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| Notre Dame
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| UConn
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| Miami
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| Boston College
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| Pittsburgh
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| UConn
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| Syracuse
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| 2005–06
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| Villanova
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| Georgetown
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| Notre Dame
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| Pittsburgh
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| UConn
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| 2010–11
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| Notre Dame
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| Marquette
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| Georgetown
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| Creighton
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| Villanova
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| Providence
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| Villanova
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| Villanova
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| Marquette
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| Seton Hall
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| Villanova
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| Seton Hall
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| Marquette
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| Providence
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Winners by school
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! School (year joined)
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| Georgetown (1979)
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| align=left | 1980, 1984<sup>†</sup>, 1985<sup>†</sup>, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2007, 2013
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| Villanova (1980)
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| align=left | 1995, 2006, 2015<sup>†</sup>, 2017, 2018, 2021 (×2)<sup>†</sup>, 2022
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| UConn (1979/2020)
| 7
| align=left | 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999<sup>†</sup>, 2002<sup>†</sup>, 2004, 2009<sup>†</sup>
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| St. John's (1979)
| 6
| align="left" | 1983, 1984<sup>†</sup>, 1985<sup>†</sup>, 1986, 2025, 2026
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| Notre Dame (1995)
| 5
| align=left | 1997, 2000, 2001<sup>†</sup>, 2008, 2011
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| Seton Hall (1979)
| 4
| align=left | 1982, 1993, 2020, 2021<sup>†</sup>
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| Syracuse (1979)
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| align=left | 1981, 2001<sup>†</sup>, 2003
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| Marquette (2005)
| 3
| align=left | 2012, 2019, 2023
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| Pittsburgh (1982)
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| align=left | 1988, 2002<sup>†</sup>, 2009<sup>†</sup>
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| Providence (1979)
| 3
| align=left | 2015<sup>†</sup>, 2016, 2024
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| Creighton (2013)
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| align=left | 2014
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| Miami (1991)
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| align=left | 1999<sup>†</sup>
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| Butler (2013)
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| Cincinnati (2005)
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| West Virginia (1995)
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| Xavier (2013)
| 0
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See also
- Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
- Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
- Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player
- List of All-Big East Conference men's basketball teams