Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player

Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player
Awarded for	the most improved basketball player in the Big East Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1997
Most recent	Tyler Perkins, Villanova

Awarded forthe most improved basketball player in the Big East Conference

CountryUnited States

First award1997

Most recentTyler Perkins, Villanova

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the most improved by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the 1996–97 season.^[1]^[2]

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†	Co-Most Improved Players
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big East Most Improved Player award at that point

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1996–97	Cheikh Yaya Dia	Georgetown	C	Senior
1997–98	Etan Thomas	Syracuse	F/C	Sophomore
1998–99	Johnny Hemsley	Miami	G/F	Junior
1999–00^†	Ricardo Greer	Pittsburgh	F	Junior
Shaheen Holloway	Seton Hall	PG	Senior
2000–01^†	Preston Shumpert	Syracuse	F	Junior
Calvin Bowman	West Virginia	C	Senior
2001–02	Brandin Knight	Pittsburgh	PG	Junior
2002–03	Hakim Warrick	Syracuse	F	Sophomore
2003–04	Carl Krauser	Pittsburgh	PG	Sophomore
2004–05^†	Jared Dudley	Boston College	F	Sophomore
Marcus Williams	UConn	PG	Sophomore
2005–06	Aaron Gray	Pittsburgh	C	Junior
2006–07	Herbert Hill	Providence	F/C	Senior
2007–08	Sam Young	Pittsburgh	SF	Junior
2008–09	Dante Cunningham	Villanova	F	Senior
2009–10	Ashton Gibbs	Pittsburgh	PG	Sophomore
2010–11	Dwight Hardy	St. John's	SG	Senior
2011–12	Jack Cooley	Notre Dame	C	Junior
2012–13^†	Michael Carter-Williams	Syracuse	PG	Sophomore
Kadeem Batts	Providence	PF	Junior
2013–14^†	Daniel Ochefu	Villanova	F/C	Sophomore	^[3]
Darrun Hilliard	Villanova	G	Junior
2014–15	Sir'Dominic Pointer	St. John's	SG	Senior	^[4]
2015–16	Ben Bentil	Providence	F	Sophomore	^[5]
2016–17	Kyron Cartwright	Providence	PG	Junior	^[6]
2017–18	Myles Powell	Seton Hall	G	Sophomore	^[7]
2018–19	Paul Reed	DePaul	PF	Sophomore	^[8]
2019–20	Romaro Gill	Seton Hall	C	Senior	^[9]
2020–21^†	Julian Champagnie	St. John's	G/F	Sophomore	^[10]
Zach Freemantle	Xavier	F	Sophomore
2021–22	Justin Lewis	Marquette	F	Sophomore	^[11]
2022–23	Joel Soriano	St. John's	C	Senior	^[12]
2023–24	Desmond Claude	Xavier	G	Sophomore	^[13]
2024–25	Zuby Ejiofor	St. John's	F	Junior	^[14]
2025–26	Tyler Perkins	Villanova	G	Junior	^[15]

v t e Big East Conference men's basketball
Teams	Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates UConn Huskies Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers
Championships & awards	Tournament Regular season champions Coach of the Year Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Most Improved Player Freshman/Rookie of the Year All-Big East
Conference challenges	Big East–Big 12 Battle (2019–2024) Gavitt Tipoff Games (2015–2023) SEC–Big East Challenge (2007–2012)
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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