Mid-Major (High Major) All Americans

[tornado]

collegehoopsnet has named their High mid-major All Americans..

Their first team is
G - Patrick Mills (So, St. Mary's)
G - Tyreke Evans (Fr, Memphis)
G - Dionte Christmas (Sr, Temple)
F - Ahmad Nivins (Sr ,St. Joseph's)
C - Luke Nevill (Sr, Utah)
with Tyreke Evans being the POY

there's one Valley player on the 4th Team - Booker Woodfox
and OE made Honorable Mention along with Evansville's Shy Ely.
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/2009-collegehoopsnet-high-major-all-americans-166786

collegeinsider named their mid-major Freshman of the Year - Rider’s Novar Gadson
and mid-major Defensive POY - Drexel's Scott Rodgers
http://www.collegeinsider.com/awards/2009_midmajor_freshman.html
http://www.collegeinsider.com/awards/2009_midmajor_defense_player.html

frankly I am surprised....these guys must only read east coast newspapers...
or maybe they've never heard of Gordon Hayward.

Their pick for frosh of the year, Rodgers, averaged 10.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg for a team that wasn't even among the top 50% in RPI and which had the 306th strongest NCSOS!
Butler was ranked all season, had a top-40 NCSOS, and Hayward averaged 13 ppg, 7 rpg and hit 45% on 3-pointers - a better shooting pct. from beyond the arc than Rodgers had from right under the basket!

 

[TheAsianSensation]

Their pick for frosh of the year, Rodgers, averaged 10.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg for a team that wasn't even among the top 50% in RPI and which had the 306th strongest NCSOS!
Butler was ranked all season, had a top-40 NCSOS, and Hayward averaged 13 ppg, 7 rpg and hit 45% on 3-pointers - a better shooting pct. from beyond the arc than Rodgers had from right under the basket!

Rodgers was the defensive POY. You'd have an easy argument of Hayward over Gadson, though.

 

[tornado]

sorry...I said Rodgers, but the stats and facts I gave were Gadson's & Rider's

Hayward's stats and overall performance over the season were far superior...

 

[TheAsianSensation]

sorry...I said Rodgers, but the stats and facts I gave were Gadson's & Rider's

Hayward's stats and overall performance over the season were far superior...

Mid major awards tend to do this....go for the overshadowed player (at Rider) instead of a player for a powerhouse team (Butler) that made national waves....sort of silly.

Like how Hayward makes their mid-major AA team, Gadson doesn't...and Gadson is freshman POY anyways. Makes no sense.

 

[leebiddlecome]

Asian...In my opinion all of this "mid-major" stuff is silly. Why would we expect anyone to treat us like "big boys" if we don't stop calling ourselves "mid-majors" and having things like "mid-major" Top 25, and "mid-major" awards?

Either you play big boy basketball or you dont.

 

[TheAsianSensation]

Asian...In my opinion all of this "mid-major" stuff is silly. Why would we expect anyone to treat us like "big boys" if we don't stop calling ourselves "mid-majors" and having things like "mid-major" Top 25, and "mid-major" awards?

Either you play big boy basketball or you dont.

The problem is there's so many definitions of mid majors that exist. Does it include the Valley? The A-10? The WAC? The MWC? You'll get varying opinions on every one. So you can't really tell if "mid major" is an insult or not.

 

[Bravesfan]

Where's Stephen Curry on this list?

 

[tornado]

The list above was for the high mid-majors, but CHN has a separate category for the lower mid-majors..like Davidson

They now have that list up -- sorry it is a bit confusing........




First Team Mid-Major All-America
G - Stephen Curry - Jr, Davidson
G - Eric Maynor - Sr, VCU
G - Ben Woodside - Sr, North Dakota St
G - Lester Hudson - Sr, Tennessee-Martin
F - Matt Howard - So, Butler

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/2009-collegehoopsnet-mid-major-all-americans-166796

it appears all the Valley teams are in the higher category

 

[Rusty 54]

Butler a lower mid major? Really?

 

[pfunk880]

Butler a lower mid major? Really?

I guess it goes by conference.

The whole thing seems stupid to me.