Yesterday evening, the Big East announced the 2007-08 individual Postseason Award Winners.

As predicted, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame won Player of the Year, averaging a double-double and leading the league in points. He is the first player to average 20+ points a game and 10+ rebounds a game since Georgetown’s Mike Sweetney and Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony did it in 2003. Troy Bell won Player of the Year in 2003, but looking at their numbers it’s hard to see how the award didn’t go to Big Mike or Carmelo. Head to head, this is how the two rivals went at it.

But the real news yesterday for Hoyas fans came as a surprise. A new Big East award was presented last night, and it went to Georgetown’s own Patrick Ewing, Jr. The award? 6th Man of the Year. Tony had talked about the lack of such an award in the NCAA and that if it existed, Pat would be a shoo-in. Well, the Big East obliged, and Pat has some hardware to add to his personal trophy kit.