Taylor Brown named Most Improved

[Da Coach]

ST. LOUIS -- Sophomore Taylor Brown of Bradley and junior Lucas O'Rear of Northern Iowa headline the list of selections for the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference specialty teams for men??™s basketball. Brown, a native of Atlanta, Ga., has been tabbed the conference??™s Team Captain for the Most-Improved Team, while O'Rear, a native of Nashville, Ill., has been named the league??™s Team Captain for the All-Bench Team.

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36371&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=204899193

[thefish7]

Congrats TB! keep it all together and deliver on that POY potential!

[BradleyBrave]

Congrats TB!

[Da Coach]

Story from BradleyBraves.com-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=204899942

[Da Coach]

Here is the Most Improved Team (selected by beat writers)-
*Taylor Brown, Bradley, So.
Graham Hatch, Wichita State, Jr.
Denver Holmes, Evansville, So.
Dinma Odiakosa, Illinois State, Sr.
Garrett Stutz, Wichita State, So.
Adam Templeton, Drake, Sr.

Here is the All-Bench Team (selected by beat writers)-
*Lucas O'Rear, UNI, Jr.
Gabe Blair, Wichita State, Jr.
Anthony Booker, Southern Illinois, So.
Austin Hill, Illinois State, Jr.
Nafis Ricks, Missouri State, Jr.
Garrett Stutz, Wichita State, So.

*team captain

These specialty awards, voted by the beat writers, aren't as important as the other awards, so maybe we shouldn't bother looking critically at them.
But, what the heck is Anthony Booker doing on the All-Bench team?
Haven't the sportswriters been paying attention? Booker's playing time has dwindled lately, and his production has been poor. He hasn't scored in double digits in a month. His averages have fallen to 6.6 ppg and 4.2 rpg, and SIU dropped to 9th place in the MVC. There are even other bench players for SIU who are getting more playing time and producing more than Booker, and there are many other bench players around the league that IMO are more deserving of being on the All-Bench Team.

[Dubl R 1]

Congrats TB!!!

[SaintLouBrave22]

Congrats Taylor, but I really have a hard time giving the top award (captain) to a Soph. that played sparingly last year...


I really feel that should be a 4-yr award (ie Senior), and I honestly would have given it to Templeton.


And forget about Booker for a second, what is Gabe Blair doing there too?!

[sycamorefan]

Here is the Most Improved Team (selected by beat writers)-
*Taylor Brown, Bradley, So.
Graham Hatch, Wichita State, Jr.
Denver Holmes, Evansville, So.
Dinma Odiakosa, Illinois State, Sr.
Garrett Stutz, Wichita State, So.
Adam Templeton, Drake, Sr.

Here is the All-Bench Team (selected by beat writers)-
*Lucas O'Rear, UNI, Jr.
Gabe Blair, Wichita State, Jr.
Anthony Booker, Southern Illinois, So.
Austin Hill, Illinois State, Jr.
Nafis Ricks, Missouri State, Jr.
Garrett Stutz, Wichita State, So.

*team captain

These specialty awards, voted by the beat writers, aren't as important as the other awards, so maybe we shouldn't bother looking critically at them.
But, what the heck is Anthony Booker doing on the All-Bench team?
Haven't the sportswriters been paying attention? Booker's playing time has dwindled lately, and his production has been poor. He hasn't scored in double digits in a month. His averages have fallen to 6.6 ppg and 4.2 rpg, and SIU dropped to 9th place in the MVC. There are even other bench players for SIU who are getting more playing time and producing more than Booker, and there are many other bench players around the league that IMO are more deserving of being on the All-Bench Team.

Yeah Like Aaron Carter? juuuussssstttttt sayin...

[tornado]

Carter impressed me in both game that we played you...and from what I had seen previously, I would definitely file him onto the most improved list ahead of guys like Dinma & Booker who were already starters anyway..........

BTW - Booker avg. 6 ppg and hits 50% on FT....
not convinced he is a whole lot better than last year

[Big Mike]

way to go TB.....remain focused because there should be more awards in the years to come!

[patrick_o'brian]

Here's your sign Taylor! We are all very proud of you!

[Buesch N Chips]

Great job coaching staff on raising Taylor's game to another level!

[SFP]

The funny thing is that TB has the tools to raise his game to the next level. IMO the most improved award should be a sign that he did not play the season consistent enough to be on the all Valley team. I hope he takes this as a challenge.

[LittleBrave]

We need TB to repeat his performance from last Sat.
And for Sammy to come up big again.
If all these guys don't get fired up to play tomorrow and play their hearts out, I'll be disappointed.