Big East Honors & Awards

All Big-East

Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette
#1 Senior Guard 6-2 215
18.3ppg 3.5rpg 2.7apg

Jason Clark, Georgetown
#21 Senior Guard 6-2 180
14.0ppg 4.1rpg 1.6spg

Kris Joseph, Syracuse
#32 Senior Forward 6-7 215
13.4ppg 4.7rpg 1.4spg

Jae Crowder, Marquette
#32 Senior Forward 6-6 235
18.3ppg 8.4rpg 2.5spg

Kevin Jones, West Virginia
#5 Senior Forward 6-8 260
19.9ppg 10.9rpg .509FG%

Connecticut's Jeremy Lamb, for all his talent and potential, misses the cut after the Huskies (and Lamb, at times) turned in an uninspired 2011-12 campaign.

Player of the Year: Jae Crowder, Marquette
Crowder was a poor man's Larry Johnson for Buzz Williams' Golden Eagles, regularly overwhelming the opposition with his physicality on both ends of the floor.

Top Defender: Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
Dieng, who anchored the nation's most efficient defense while averaging 3.2 blocks per contest (good for 8th best in the country), edges out Seton Hall's Fuquan Edwin, who averaged 3.0 swipes per contest (second in the NCAAs).

Best Freshman: Moe Harkless, St. John's
Harkless, a versatile wing who plays like a less perimeter-oriented Joe Johnson, did it all for the Red Storm, averaging 15.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

Coach of the Year: John Thompson III, Georgetown
While Notre Dame's Mike Brey and Louisville's Rick Pitino are both deserving, JT3 led a team projected to finish tenth in the Big East preseason poll to a 3 seed in the NCAA Tourney.

CBB Uniforms (1988-89 to Present): 8 Seeds

RBP has been ranking the top 64 uniforms from the 1988-89 season to the present. For more on that process, read the introduction to the original post. The 8 seeds:

32) San Diego State (Kawhi Leonard): While I didn't give the Aztecs bonus points for their shoe game, please enjoy the various Jordan models pictured below.





31) Memphis (Anfernee Hardaway): Back when Penny was balling in Bluff City and the school was still known as Memphis State, the blue unis with the gray trim were hard to top.




30) St. John's (Moe Harkless):Big fan of the black alternate and even bigger fan of the font.




29) Kentucky (Brandon Knight):As Kentucky has a history of terrible uniform choices (denim Converse unis, Apex cat scratch shorts, and soon to be debuted Nike Platinum gear come to mind), I am fearful the Wildcats will drop their current duds, which continue to grow on me.