page_title: Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Ray Allen
context_page_description: 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 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.
  The award was introduced following the conference's first season in 1980, in which it was presented to John Duren of Georgetown. Patrick Ewing, Richard Hamilton, Troy Bell, Troy Murphy and Kris Dunn each won the award twice, and Chris Mullin won three consecutive times from 1983 through 1985. Four award winners have been inducted as players to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Ewing, who shared the award in 1984 and 1985 with Mullin, was inducted in 2008 after playing 17 years in the National Basketball Association between 1985 and 2002. Mullin followed in 2011 after a 16-year NBA career. Georgetown's 1992 Player of the Year Alonzo Mourning entered the Hall in 2014 following a 16-year NBA career.
caption: Ray Allen was the second Connecticut player to win the award.
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