Hasheem Thabeet and DeJuan Blair Share Big East POY

Since I am covering the Big Easy tournament this week, I figured I would pass along this piece of relevant news. UConn's Hasheem Thabeet and Pitt's DeJuan Blair have been named co-Big East Players of the Year. It was the first time since 2001-2002 that the Big East POY was shared. That year, coincidentally, it was shared between a UConn and Pitt player as well - Caron Butler of the Huskies and Brevin Knight of the Panthers.

As you know, I chose Terrence Williams of Louisville as the BIAH Big East POY. I missed on that one, but I nailed the Coach of the Year and the Freshman of the Year as Jay Wright of Villanova and Greg Monroe of Georgetown, respectively, won those awards.