St. John's Zuby Ejiofor is AP's Big East player of year. Seton Hall's Holloway is coach of the year

"Zuby Ejiofor earned the honor from a 14-person media panel after leading the 13th-ranked Red Storm to a second straight Big East regular-season title. The 6-foot-7 forward is averaging 16 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2 blocks and 1.2 steals. Ejiofor, the lone unanimous first-team all-Big East selection, was a near-unanimous pick for player of the year."

"While St. John's had the conference's player of the year, the all-Big East team otherwise was dominated by No. 6 UConn, which finished a game behind the Red Storm in the league standings. UConn has three first-team all-conference players: Demary, Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr."

"Demary has averaged 11.1 points, 6.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds in his first season at UConn after playing two years at Georgia. Seton Hall head coach Shaheen Holloway was named coach of the year. Marquette's Nigel James Jr. is freshman of the year, and UConn's Silas Demary Jr. is the transfer newcomer of the year."

Zuby Ejiofor earned Associated Press Big East player of the year honors after leading 13th-ranked St. John's to a second consecutive regular-season title. The 6-foot-7 forward averages 16 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2 blocks and 1.2 steals per game and was the lone unanimous first-team all-Big East selection. UConn, finishing one game behind St. John's, dominated the all-conference team with three first-team selections: Silas Demary Jr., Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway was named coach of the year, Marquette's Nigel James Jr. earned freshman of the year, and Demary received transfer newcomer of the year honors.

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