HEADLINES

Big East News Articles

Refine Search

Academic Year

Published Month

Sport

  • Men's Basketball (Clear)

Category

Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, the winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference history and the second winningest active coach in Division I basketball, is this year’s recipient Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Kentucky, Ohio State and Syracuse have all won NCAA Men's Basketball championships in their history, but never has a player from those schools claimed a Naismith Trophy as the men's college player of the year.
Syracuse forward Wes Johnson, a newcomer who helped lead Syracuse to the BIG EAST regular-season title and an overall record of 28-3, has been named BIG EAST Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
1