MVC All Conference Awards

[tornado]

Missouri Valley Player of the Year - Kyle Weems

1st Team All Conference - Andrew Warren, Kyle Weems, Kwadzo Ahelegbe, JT Durley, Doug McDermott

2nd Team - Will Creekmore, Colt Ryan, Jermaine Mallett, Toure Murry, Antoine Young

Honorable Mention - Carlton Fay, Anthony James, Jake Odum, Rayvonte Rice, Carl Richard (DSE got robbed)

6th man - Wichita's Ben Smith

Newcomer of the Year & Freshman of the Year - Doug McDermott

All Newcomer Team - Echenique, McDermott, Odum, Rice, Seck

All Freshman Team - Rice, McDermott, Manigat, Odum, Scheer (JP got robbed)

Defensive Player of the Year - Kwadzo Ahelegbe

All Defensive Team - Ahelegbe, Mallett, Echenique, O'Rear, Odum

http://www.mvc-sports.com/media/2010-11/mbasketball/news/2011%20All-Conference.pdf

Also from the OVC - Zac Swansey (Tenn Tech) - high school teammate of Taylor Brown from Dunwoody, is All Newcomer Team, as is Leon Powell (SEMO) ex-Bradley recruit.
Powell is also 2nd Team All Conference, as is Robert Covington - both ex-BU targets
Ex-Bluejay Isacc Miles is also 2nd Team

[MikeCash]

Congratulations Andrew! Extremely well-deserved. The guy vastly improved every single aspect of his game this year.


P.S. Fay over McDermott on the first team is a real head-scratcher.

[tornado]

nope corrected....-- Fay is Hon Mention ...but BU's last place finish probably cost JP, DSE, and AW for POY some degree of consideration...

[lake Camelot]

All Newcomer Team - Echenique, McDermott, Odum, Rice, Seck (DSE got robbed!)

What? I don't get it. Newcomer?

[it's boogie time]

Some interesting voting for POY. I would be interested to see the one person who didn't vote Kyle Weems in the top 3 for POY. Only 18 of the possible 36 voters put Andrew Warren in their top 3. One person voted Doug McDermott 1st.

[Buesch N Chips]

Is there a standard for what a newcomer is?

[Buesch N Chips]

I think JP is liked by BU fans more by what he doesn't do than what he does do. Other teams won't see that as much as we do, hence no love.

[tornado]

on the DSE -- I meant to insert that in Hon Mention -- as he came on late and could have gotten consideration...

[bigdaddystuck]

Maybe I am missing something, but why would DSE be eligible for the Newcomer Team?

[tornado]

big daddy -- see the post just above yours...it's corrected..

[Da Coach]

on the DSE -- I meant to insert that in Hon Mention -- as he came on late and could have gotten consideration...

He meant DSE to mentioned in Honorable mention, not newcomer category

[tornado]

Andrew Warren got the 2nd highest number of 1st place votes for Player of the Year
so obviously a lot of people may have used Bradley's 9th place finish to justify a couple
other guys ahead of Andrew........

[bigdaddystuck]

big daddy -- see the post just above yours...it's corrected..

Thanks...saw that late, was typing my post and then got distracted at work!

[BradleyBrave]

DSE's slow start probably cost him. He was definitely all-league caliber the 2nd half the conference season.

I agree with T that the last place finish probably cost AW real POY consideration. Hard to argue with the best player on the best team, but I think most would agree AW was the best player in the league this year.

JP not being on all-freshman is a head-scratcher. Again, perhaps it was the slow start to the league season, but his numbers in the 2nd half of the year speak for themselves.

[BradleyJD]

DSE's slow start probably cost him. He was definitely all-league caliber the 2nd half the conference season.

I agree BB....the silver lining to the BU injuries is the extra PT it gave others.