Hurley is Big East Coach of the Year and Castle is Freshman of the Year

[HooperScooper]

No surprise with either.

Providence’s Devin Carter Named Player of the Year

Providence guard Devin Carter has been named BIG EAST Player of the Year. Connecticut coach Dan Hurley has been tabbed BIG EAST Coach of the Year and Hurley’s freshman guard standout Stephon Castle has been selected unanimously BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.

www.bigeast.com

 

[elmcityboy]

congrats to both!

and honestly, well-deserved for devin carter. he had an awesome year.

 

[Mister P]

It’s sure nice seeing the league recognize DH and all of the players that have received awards.

 

[Dooooooomed]

 

[superjohn]

Surprised they didn't give coach of the year to Kim English.

 

[YoungFree]

No surprise with either.

Providence’s Devin Carter Named Player of the Year

Providence guard Devin Carter has been named BIG EAST Player of the Year. Connecticut coach Dan Hurley has been tabbed BIG EAST Coach of the Year and Hurley’s freshman guard standout Stephon Castle has been selected unanimously BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.

www.bigeast.com

I concur with all 3 even though I wanted to sweep with Newton.

Providence would be NOTHING without Carter and that is who the MValuableP should be. We'd still be a jaugurnaut without Newton.

 

[YukonDolt5]

I concur with all 3 even though I wanted to sweep with Newton.

Providence would be NOTHING without Carter and that is who the MValuableP should be. We'd still be a jaugurnaut without Newton.

 

[Poe]

Carter should be

I concur with all 3 even though I wanted to sweep with Newton.

Providence would be NOTHING without Carter and that is who the MValuableP should be. We'd still be a jaugurnaut without Newton.

They still are nothing, I mean I guess the NIT is better than nothing. Carter should be sending Hopkins a nice fruit basket - he wouldn’t have won sans Hopkins’ injury.

 

[businesslawyer]

Many have been saying this, but the awards are strange because of how balanced UConn's starting 5 is. Let's be honest -- if we use the word "Valuable" literally -- as opposed to what it traditionally means when surrounded by "Most" and "Player" -- the most valuable player in the league by light years is Donovan Clingan. (For those of you who are business lawyers, it's very reminiscent of how, in Delaware courts, the word "material" has a different meaning than it does when used as part of the phrase "material adverse effect".) And yet, his year does not look what we expect from a MVP. Without knocking him, a huge part of his value is just being on the court and changing everything with his presence.

Anthony Carter had a really good year and, by all traditional metrics, deserves the award. But does anyone believe that there is a single coach in the league who, if building a roster for a new season that starts tomorrow, wouldn't make Clingan their first pick? Just a strange year (which will matter not an iota if we have nine more wins in us).

 

[HooperScooper]

Anthony Carter had a really good year and, by all traditional metrics, deserves the award.

Didn't he play football at Michigan back in the day?

 

[Kolumbo]

Many have been saying this, but the awards are strange because of how balanced UConn's starting 5 is. Let's be honest -- if we use the word "Valuable" literally -- as opposed to what it traditionally means when surrounded by "Most" and "Player" -- the most valuable player in the league by light years is Donovan Clingan. (For those of you who are business lawyers, it's very reminiscent of how, in Delaware courts, the word "material" has a different meaning than it does when used as part of the phrase "material adverse effect".) And yet, his year does not look what we expect from a MVP. Without knocking him, a huge part of his value is just being on the court and changing everything with his presence.

Anthony Carter had a really good year and, by all traditional metrics, deserves the award. But does anyone believe that there is a single coach in the league who, if building a roster for a new season that starts tomorrow, wouldn't make Clingan their first pick? Just a strange year (which will matter not an iota if we have nine more wins in us).

And you are an attorney? If you want to talk semantics, it isn't most valuable, it is Player of the Year. And it's the Player of the Year of The Big East, not for an individual team. Objection overruled.

I wouldn't choose Donovan for POY because although he has a great impact, he is not the best player on the court if you consider talent. If we were building a team tomorrow, I might start with Donovan, or I might have to take Stephon because he is going to be insane.

 

[REB1094]

Historic seasons for them both. Hurley won the most games in BE history, and Castle won the most FOW awards in BE history

Congrats for the well deserved recognition!!

 

[UConnSwag11]

LMAO Miller was asked about playing UCONN and he said "I voted for Hurley for Coach of the Year, Calhoun, UCONN's whole starting 5, and Newton for POY. Just so they know that" lol

 

[HooperScooper]

“Dan Hurley is not going to take (expletive) from anybody,” Fanta said. “Dan Hurley is himself, and the reason why his teams are successful is because he doesn’t try to be somebody else. Some coaches try to be somebody that they’re not. Dan Hurley is him. He is only him. He is himself every time he steps on those sidelines, he’s energetic, he’s passionate – does he teeter with the line? Yeah. That’s the stuff of winners. That’s how he does it. His passion is reflected on the court by how hard his teams play, and if he wasn’t that way, his team would not have won a national championship and would not have a chance to repeat as champions.”

Has UConn become a men’s basketball ‘villain’? If so, Dan Hurley doesn’t mind

UConn’s bid for back-to-back national titles has put the program closer to ‘villain’ status than ever before, and Dan Hurley doesn’t particularly mind.

www.courant.com

Alternate access:
Has UConn become a men’s basketball ‘villain’? If so, Dan Hurley doesn’t mind

 

[REB1094]

“Dan Hurley is not going to take (expletive) from anybody,” Fanta said. “Dan Hurley is himself, and the reason why his teams are successful is because he doesn’t try to be somebody else. Some coaches try to be somebody that they’re not. Dan Hurley is him. He is only him. He is himself every time he steps on those sidelines, he’s energetic, he’s passionate – does he teeter with the line? Yeah. That’s the stuff of winners. That’s how he does it. His passion is reflected on the court by how hard his teams play, and if he wasn’t that way, his team would not have won a national championship and would not have a chance to repeat as champions.”

Has UConn become a men’s basketball ‘villain’? If so, Dan Hurley doesn’t mind

UConn’s bid for back-to-back national titles has put the program closer to ‘villain’ status than ever before, and Dan Hurley doesn’t particularly mind.

www.courant.com

Alternate access:
Has UConn become a men’s basketball ‘villain’? If so, Dan Hurley doesn’t mind

It’s an interesting idea. Is Hurley and UConn villains?

In the sense that Hurley and at least one of his guys (AJax, Spencer) are going to talk trash and talk loud all game while they stomp you by 15+, sure they can be the villains

But UConn does things the right way. They recruit right, they practice hard, and they all have passion for the game. The program doesn’t win just by buying as many top recruits as possible. Last year’s superstars were three 4* players that were developed properly

Could be seen as the villain, should be seen as the gold standard

 

[Kitaman]

Hurley shut the Boneyard complainers (including me) the hell up. Chats no longer discussed his poor decision making, lack of timely timeouts, and strange substitution patterns. Threads no longer talked about deadlines for Hurley. Sure a Championship will shut us up, but this season he stapled our damn mouths shut.

Just saying as much as Yarders' "know basketball" it takes a bad man to shut down the Yard. Based on that alone, it was a foregone conclusion he was to win.

Crangrats Coach!

 

[1999GoodSon]

No mention yet of Hass deservedly winner the 6th Man Award! When we had to go small, or give Tristan a break he was a difference maker.

 

[CL82]

Surprised they didn't give coach of the year to Kim English.

Really he had as good a chance as anyone.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Really he had as good a chance as anyone.

Cept for maybe Neptune or Cooley or.... wait, does DePaul have a coach?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Providence would be NOTHING without Carter

What exactly do you think they are with him?

 

[Tenspro2002]

No mention yet of Hass deservedly winner the 6th Man Award! When we had to go small, or give Tristan a break he was a difference maker.

It's Official - Hassan Diarra wins 6POTY

I will be surprised If Nowell is only getting around 15 mpg next season. Hass is averaging 19 mpg as is. you dont think he'd play 4-5 more as a starter? Nowell can also get some minutes playing off guard but everyone always wants the incoming freshmen to be better than the returning players...

the-boneyard.com

 

[YoungFree]

What exactly do you think they are with him?

More than NOTHING...u do know what that word means, right?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

 

[Kolumbo]

Tristen missing out on POY is worse than it looks.
UConn is a team with all 5 starters averaging double digits points
Tonight:
Tristen had 25 points, 6 boards, 9 assists
Cam had 20 points, 4 boards, 9 assists
Alex had 14 points, 4 boards, 2 assists
Haasssss had 10 points

Carter had 27 points, 8 boards, 3 assists
Pierre had 16 points

UConn wins. PC loses. Each assist is worth 2-3 points so 9 assists translate to 18-27 points. The reason UConn wins is because they are so great at playing the team game and sharing the rock.