Conference awards: Dishing out league honors
March 9th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketballThe regular season is over.
So you know what that means, right? </ that it’s awards season at CBSSports.com, that we’re about to embark on a two-day event certain to spark debate, and by debate, I mean name-calling. Which is fine, really. Any bad-hair/whitened-teeth insult you can e-mail is an insult I’ve received via e-mail each day for the past four years. They ceased being original three years ago (insert a just-like-your-haircut joke here), and I stopped being bothered by them well before that (unless you catch me on a particularly bad day).
But enough about me.
Because this isn’t about me.
It’s about the coaches and players who make my existence here possible, about the coaches and players who’ve impacted this season in a way that deserves recognition. So without further ado, let’s recognize them. Here are the CBSSports.com conference awards:
ACC
Coach of the Year: Gary Williams (Maryland) Player of the Year: Greivis Vasquez (Maryland) Freshman of the Year: Derrick Favors (Georgia Tech)
G: Greivis Vasquez (Maryland) G: Malcolm Delaney (Virginia Tech) G: Jon Scheyer (Duke) F: Al-Farouq Aminu (Wake Forest) F: Trevor Booker (Clemson)
Big 12
Coach of the Year: Frank Martin (Kansas State) Player of the Year: Sherron Collins (Kansas) Freshman of the Year: Xavier Henry (Kansas)
G: Sherron Collins (Kansas) G: Jacob Pullen (Kansas State) G: James Anderson (Oklahoma State) F: Damion James (Texas) C: Cole Aldrich (Kansas)
Big East
Coach of the Year: Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) Player of the Year: Wesley Johnson (Syracuse) Freshman of the Year: Lance Stephenson (Cincinnati)
G: Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) G: Dominique Jones (South Florida) G: Wesley Johnson (Syracuse) F: Da’Sean Butler (West Virginia) F: Greg Monroe (Georgetown)
Big Ten
Coach of the Year: Thad Matta (Ohio State) Player of the Year: Evan Turner (Ohio State) Freshman of the Year: Christian Watford (Indiana)
G: Kalin Lucas (Michigan State) G: Trevon Hughes (Wisconsin) G: E’Twaun Moore (Purdue) G: Evan Turner (Ohio State) F: JaJuan Johnson (Purdue)
Pac-10
Coach of the Year: Mike Montgomery (California) Player of the Year: Jerome Randle (California) Freshman of the Year: Derrick Williams (Arizona)
G: Jerome Randle (California) G: Patrick Christopher (California) F: Quincy Pondexter (Washington) F: Derrick Williams (Arizona) F: Landry Fields (Stanford)
SEC
Coach of the Year: John Calipari (Kentucky) Player of the Year: John Wall (Kentucky) Freshman of the Year: John Wall (Kentucky)
G: John Wall (Kentucky) G: Devan Downey (South Carolina) F: Patrick Patterson (Kentucky) F: DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky) F: Jarvis Varnado (Mississippi State)
Non-BCS
Coach of the Year: Steve Alford (New Mexico) Player of the Year: Darington Hobson (New Mexico) Freshman of the Year: Hassan Whiteside (Marshall)
G: Jimmer Fredette (BYU) G: Jordan Crawford (Xavier) G: Elliot Williams (Memphis) F: Darington Hobson (New Mexico) F: Gordon Hayward (Butler)
