NEW YORK — John Thompson, the first of the Georgetown coaches with that name, was sitting on a raised area just feet from where John Thompson III was accepting the trophy for Big East Coach of the Year.

Tuesday’s presentation brings JT III, as he is known, within two seasonal awards of his Hall of Fame father.

It almost seemed like closure when the award was presented.

John Thompson won the award after the Big East’s first season in 1979-80. John Thompson III won it for the season that will be the last of the Big East as we know it. Seven Catholic members have left with others leaving in a year or two. The surviving Big East football schools will play on with others schools joining over the next few years.

The Hoyas shared the regular season title with Louisville and Marquette with 14-4 records. A lot of their success, which included a school-record 11 straight Big East wins, can be attributed to 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Otto Porter Jr., who was the unanimous choice as Big East Player of the Year.

Porter was second in the league in scoring (18.1), fifth in rebounding (7.3), tied for third in steals (1.8) and second in 3-point shooting (44.1 percent).

He said he never thought about winning the award but he has looked at the list of names he joins, including six former Hoyas who took home seven trophies — the last being Jeff Green in 2006-07.