"Zuby Ejiofor is simply the best player on the outright conference regular season champion and the only high major player to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists and blocks."
"Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway, whose team was picked to finish dead last in the preseason poll of coaches and ended up finishing fourth. The other is Villanova's Kevin Willard, who took over the program this season and guided it to 15 conference wins, a third-place finish and a certain spot in the NCAA Tournament."
"Nigel James was top five in scoring (16.4 points), assists (5.2) and field goal percentage (48%). Lewis was a major reason the Wildcats took third, finished among the conference's 20 top scorers with a 12.5-point average and was second in assists at 5.3 per game."
The Big East regular season concluded with St. John's capturing the regular season championship. The conference tournament begins Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. During awards season, St. John's center Zuby Ejiofor emerges as Player of the Year, being the only high major player leading his team in points, rebounds, assists, and blocks. The All-Big East First Team includes Ejiofor, UConn's Silas Demary Jr. and Alex Karaban, Xavier's Tre Carroll, Butler's Michael Ajayi, and Providence's Jaylin Sellers. Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway wins Coach of the Year after leading his team from a last-place preseason prediction to fourth place. Marquette's Nigel James Jr. earns Freshman of the Year honors over Villanova's Acaden Lewis.
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