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The Official pcbb1917.com 2017 Big East Postseason Awards

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Awards season in college basketball is just heating up with the regular season less than a week old in the major conferences. The Big East announced their All-League teams on Sunday and some of their individual awards on Monday. The big awards will be announced at 4:30pm ET Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, which is a couple hours before the Big East Tournament tips off. Here are my official pcbb1917.com 2017 Big East Postseason Awards. Hold your applause till the end, please.

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Kris Dunn Repeats as Big East Player of the Year

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Kris Dunn has been named the 2016 Big East Player of the Year. Dunn becomes the first Friar to win the award more than once after becoming the first Friar to ever win the award last season when he shared it with Villanova’s Ryan Arcidiacono. Dunn was also named the 2016 Big East Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-Big East performer earlier in the week. The news was first reported by UndercoverFriar on Twitter.

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Ben Bentil is Big East’s Most Improved Player, Kris Dunn Repeats as Big East’s Defensive Player of the Year

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The Big East announced more postseason awards and honors on Monday and Ben Bentil and Kris Dunn received more recognition a day after being unanimous selections to the Big East First Team on Sunday. Bentil was named the league’s Most Improved Player after leading the Big East in scoring at 21.2 points/game. Dunn repeats as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year after sharing the award with St. John’s Sir’Dominic Pointer last season.

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Report: Kris Dunn Will Return to Providence for Junior Season

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The news that Providence fans have been waiting for since their season ended in Columbus, OH on March 20th has broken. Kris Dunn will return to Providence for his junior season instead of entering the 2015 NBA Draft, according to a report by Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowki. The 21-year old Dunn has two years of eligibility remaining due to a medical redshirt granted for the 2013-14 season when Dunn played in just 4 games. Dunn was being projected as high as 13 by DraftExpress.com and 10th by Sam Vecenie of CBSSports.com. A formal announcement is expected soon, per Wojnarowski. A good place for that formal announcement may be the team’s end of season banquet on Saturday at the Omni Hotel in Providence.

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Kris Dunn and Sir’Dominic Pointer Named Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year

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The Big East announced their All-Big East teams on Sunday and on Monday the league announced winners of some individual awards. Kris Dunn and Sir’Dominic Pointer will share the title of Defensive Player of the Year after a vote by the coaches ended in a tie.

Dunn was the frontrunner for most of the year for this award as he leads the league in steals but Pointer really came on strong as the season progressed to the point that many media members, including this one, believe Pointer being left off the league’s First Team is a big time snub.

Other awards were announced by the league on Monday. Pointer was named the league’s Most Improved Player which he likely won in a landslide. Villanova’s Josh Hart was given the Sixth Man Award and Butler’s Alex Barlow was given the Sportsmanship Award.

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