How many All Big East Selections?

[Blue Blood]

A lot of discussion on player/coach of the year, curious how many all big east selections will UConn get this year?

My predictions

1st Team
Newton
Kolek
Carter
Richmond
Scheierman
Spencer

2nd team
Alexander
Jones
Clingan
Castle
Dixon

HMs
Karaban
Jenkins
Kalkbrenner
Olivari

I actually think the first team could be very close to unanimous, it feels to me statistically those guys have separated when factoring in team performance.

 

[Verne]

Having a first team with 6 guys who play PG or SG would be something. My guess is Clingan and Kalk get heavy consideration for first team.

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

 

[Blue Blood]

Having a first team with 6 guys who play PG or SG would be something. My guess is Clingan and Kalk get heavy consideration for first team.

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

Good point wasn't really considering positioning at all

 

[UConnSwag11]

Having a first team with 6 guys who play PG or SG would be something. My guess is Clingan and Kalk get heavy consideration for first team.

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

Clingan put up much better numbers considering he missed time and only plays 25 minutes compared to Kalk who plays almost 40

 

[ConnHuskBask]

This is my obligatory annual post stating that having 6 first team members is stupid. And yes, I know the POY is not included as part of the 1st team, so it's supposed to be 1 + 5.. but still dumb.

 

[Inyatkin]

Having a first team with 6 guys who play PG or SG would be something. My guess is Clingan and Kalk get heavy consideration for first team.

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

2014 all America team had three point guards. All from the mighty AAC

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

None of the above would be undeserved if they all occurred, even with slight tweaks. I wouldn't predict on the full slate.

Are there votes for 6th Man and Most Improved?

If so, I'd vote Diarra for both, but that's based entirely on my joy and surprise in watching him play, combined with my being completely inattentive regarding his competition.

Based strictly on the current, nearly-complete, regular-season record, I'd vote Hurley as Coach of the Year and Most Improved Head Coach. Too little explicit mention is made that the coaching staff may well be the most dramatically improved element of the team this year.

 

[Fan1978]

A lot of discussion on player/coach of the year, curious how many all big east selections will UConn get this year?

My predictions

1st Team
Newton
Kolek
Carter
Richmond
Scheierman
Spencer

2nd team
Alexander
Jones
Clingan
Castle
Dixon

HMs
Karaban
Jenkins
Kalkbrenner
Olivari

I actually think the first team could be very close to unanimous, it feels to me statistically those guys have separated when factoring in team performance.

Where is oso?

 

[Blue Blood]

Where is oso?

I was between him and Olivari for the last HM spot the real answer is he probably slots in where Castle is, but I do think Castle deserves that level of recognition he is so good defensively and advanced metrics show he may be our best player. But Castle probably just ends up FOY and doesn't get 2nd team

 

[willie99]

More importantly, which one of our five starters is going to win BET MVP? Then NCAA Tournament MVP

I'm going with Clingan in the BET because his size will matter

and then Newton in the NCAA for leadership and balance

I know I know, doomed

But I like WINNING

 

[navery12]

One 1st team (Tristen), one 2nd team (Cam), one HM (Donovan)

 

[AdamaNation]

Having a first team with 6 guys who play PG or SG would be something. My guess is Clingan and Kalk get heavy consideration for first team.

I would guess our starting 5 all get something.

Newton - lock for 1st team and probably slight fav to win POY
Spencer - 1st or 2nd
Clingan - 1st or 2nd
Karaban - 2nd or HM
Castle - lock for 1st team all freshman and freshman of the year

Wasn’t the 2011 team guard heavy with Kemba and that thief Ben hansborough.

 

[HooperScooper]

Wasn’t the 2011 team guard heavy with Kemba and that thief Ben hansborough.

Good memory. All guards. Even the second team was very guard heavy.

2011 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
Kemba Walker, Connecticut, G, Jr., 6-1, 172, Bronx, N.Y.
Austin Freeman, Georgetown, G, Sr., 6-3.5, 227, Mitchellville, Md. *Ben Hansbrough, Notre Dame, G, Sr., 6-3, 206, Poplar Bluff, Mo. Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh, G, Jr., 6-2, 190, Scotch Plains, N.J. Marshon Brooks, Providence, G-F, Sr., 6-5, 200, Stone Mountain, Ga. Dwight Hardy, St. John's, G, Sr., 6-2, 195, Bronx, N.Y.

2011 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
Preston Knowles, Louisville, G, 6-1, 190, Winchester, Ky.
Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette, G, Jr., 6-2, 215, Raleigh, N.C.
Brad Wanamaker, Pittsburgh, G, Sr., 6-4, 210, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rick Jackson, Syracuse, F, Sr., 6-9, 240, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corey Fisher, Villanova, G, Sr., 6-1, 200, Bronx, N.Y.

 

[HooperScooper]

Stephon Castle has made his case; Could the UConn men win any other Big East awards?

Where the UConn men’s basketball team stands in relation to the Big East’s individual awards as Stephon Castle continues to make his case as the league’s top rookie.

www.courant.com

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Stephon Castle has made his case; Could the UConn men win any other Big East awards?

 

[Palatine]

The group who picks this team is the same group that didn't give a single UConn player a POTW. So I don't expect any UConn player on the first team. Just like the preseason team.

Be honest, if you were starting a team which BE player would pick tho build around? Clingan for me. An easy choice.

 

[HooperScooper]

The group who picks this team is the same group that didn't give a single UConn player a POTW.

Newton won it once.

Big East Weekly Honors 3/4 - Castle Comes for Carmelo

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/3/4/mens-basketball-creightons-scheierman-named-player-of-the-week.aspx BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Stephon Castle, UConn, G, Fr. – Castle earns Freshman of the Week honors for the 10th time this season which ties Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony for the BIG EAST...

the-boneyard.com

It's crazy how spread out the POTW awards were. Nobody won it more than 2 times. 6 players won it twice and 4 players won it once. I wonder if that's typical. I'd bet it isn't.

 

[DogMania]

How about this for a fair solution?

Give Kolek or Carter BE POY, and the entire UConn starting 5 BE 1st Team honors.

F the voters! I'd take our starting 5 the way they play on both ends of the floor over any combination of 5 other BE players!

 

[HooperScooper]

How about this for a fair solution?

Give Kolek or Carter BE POY, and the entire UConn starting 5 BE 1st Team honors.

F the voters! I'd take our starting 5 the way they play on both ends of the floor over any combination of 5 other BE players!

Did someone hack your account? You’re all fired up in another thread. You’re throwing out F bombs here. The posts are short. It’s like we don’t even know you any more.

 

[AdamaNation]

Newton won it once.

Big East Weekly Honors 3/4 - Castle Comes for Carmelo

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/3/4/mens-basketball-creightons-scheierman-named-player-of-the-week.aspx BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Stephon Castle, UConn, G, Fr. – Castle earns Freshman of the Week honors for the 10th time this season which ties Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony for the BIG EAST...

the-boneyard.com

It's crazy how spread out the POTW awards were. Nobody won it more than 2 times. 6 players won it twice and 4 players won it once. I wonder if that's typical. I'd bet it isn't.

If those who won it twice how many total mentions did they get? How many are picked for HM each week? I bet AK is up there with total mentions.

 

[Mike Honcho]

2014 all America team had three point guards. All from the mighty AAC

Had to look this up. Not fully true. Yes there were 3 point guards (well two were combo guards) but just 2 were from the AAC... Bazz and Russ Smith. The third was Nick Johnson from UA.

 

[Inyatkin]

Had to look this up. Not fully true. Yes there were 3 point guards (well two were combo guards) but just 2 were from the AAC... Bazz and Russ Smith. The third was Nick Johnson from UA.

There was at least one version of the team that had Napier, Smith and Sean Kilpatrick from Cincinnati. Not consensus, I guess.

 

[HooperScooper]

If those who won it twice how many total mentions did they get? How many are picked for HM each week? I bet AK is up there with total mentions.

Click on the link I posted. It's all there. Karaban had 4 honor rolls. 2 players had 5 and Carter had 6 and 2 POTW.