UConn sweeps AP's individual Big East awards....

[alexd]

UConn’s Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer and Dan Hurley sweep AP’s top individual awards in Big East - WTOP News

Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer and Dan Hurley gave Connecticut a sweep of The Associated Press' top men's basketball honors in the Big East. Newton is the conference's player of the year…

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[husky429]

Conference got it right. Well done.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

UConn’s Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer and Dan Hurley sweep AP’s top individual awards in Big East - WTOP News

Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer and Dan Hurley gave Connecticut a sweep of The Associated Press' top men's basketball honors in the Big East. Newton is the conference's player of the year…

wtop.com

These appear to be AP awards voted by writers from conference member team cities.

Big East Conference individual awards - voted by the coaches - will be released tomorrow, I believe.

A sweep there would be
Hurley - Coach
Newton - Player
Clingan - Defensive Player
Castle - Freshman
Diarra - 6th Man AND Most Improved
Karaban - Scholar-Athlete
Spencer - Sportsmanship*

* unless Karaban

 

[husky429]

Conference got it right. Well done.

Too late to edit... I thought this was the awards coaches vote for. Ignore me.

Big East coaches: Take note.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

These appear to be AP awards voted by writers from conference member team cities.

Big East Conference individual awards - voted by the coaches - will be released tomorrow, I believe.

A sweep there would be
Hurley - Coach
Newton - Player
Clingan - Defensive Player
Castle - Freshman
Diarra - 6th Man AND Most Improved
Karaban - Scholar-Athlete
Spencer - Sportsmanship*

* unless Karaban

Did Spencer really eon sportsmanship?

That's one award I didn't think he had a chance at.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Too late to edit... I thought this was the awards coaches vote for. Ignore me.

Big East coaches: Take note.

The "got it right" part stands.

 

[upstater]

Funny that Newton got POY but was not a unanimous selection for 1st team like Carter and Kolek.

 

[bendm]

Spencer - Sportsmanship*

cam woulda been a lock for the trash-talking award

 

[Verne]

Funny that Newton got POY but was not a unanimous selection for 1st team like Carter and Kolek.

He was a unanimous selection...

Kolek, Newton, Carter and Schierman all were.

 

[BlueMAB]

He was a unanimous selection...

Kolek, Newton, Carter and Schierman all were.

Not for this AP award he was not. Click the link and read it.

FIRST TEAM​

u-Guard — Tyler Kolek, Marquette, Sr., 6-3, 190, Cumberland, Rhode Island.
u-Guard — Devin Carter, Providence, Jr., 6-3, 195, Miami.
Guard — Tristen Newton, Connecticut, Gr., 6-5, 195, El Paso, Texas.
Guard — Baylor Scheierman, Creighton, Sr., 6-7, 205, Aurora, Nebraska.
Center — Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton, Sr., 7-1, 270, Florissant, Missouri.
—u-denotes unanimous selection

 

[HooperScooper]

These appear to be AP awards voted by writers from conference member team cities.

Big East Conference individual awards - voted by the coaches - will be released tomorrow, I believe.

A sweep there would be
Hurley - Coach
Newton - Player
Clingan - Defensive Player
Castle - Freshman
Diarra - 6th Man AND Most Improved
Karaban - Scholar-Athlete
Spencer - Sportsmanship*

* unless Karaban

The Big East already announced the Sportsmanship Award and Defensive Player of the Year yesterday. Steven Ashworth and Ryan Kalkbrenner respectively.

Also announced Monday, Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner joined Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning as the only players to ever win Big East Defensive Player of the Year three times. Xavier’s Desmond Claude, a New Haven native, was named Most Improved Player and Creighton’s Steven Ashworth claimed the Sportsmanship Award.

UConn guard Hassan Diarra wins Big East Sixth Man of the Year Award

UConn senior guard Hassan Diarra won the Big East Sixth Man Award for his efforts in leading the regular season champions off the bench.

www.courant.com

 

[JRDBWK]

These appear to be AP awards voted by writers from conference member team cities.

Big East Conference individual awards - voted by the coaches - will be released tomorrow, I believe.

A sweep there would be
Hurley - Coach
Newton - Player
Clingan - Defensive Player
Castle - Freshman
Diarra - 6th Man AND Most Improved
Karaban - Scholar-Athlete
Spencer - Sportsmanship*

* unless Karaban

Cam getting the sportsmanship award is probably the funniest thing, he's well established to be the biggest trash talker on the team, he probably goes through to handshaking line at the end of every game telling every other player to go duck* themself

 

[AllHusky]

Did Spencer really eon sportsmanship?

That's one award I didn't think he had a chance at.

agreed, he got newcomer of the year,

 

[jibsey]

And Donovan Clingan is…..chopped liver? Honorable mention crap?
You know what? Just watch what happens.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The Big East already announced the Sportsmanship Award and Defensive Player of the Year yesterday. Steven Ashworth and Ryan Kalkbrenner respectively.

Also announced Monday, Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner joined Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning as the only players to ever win Big East Defensive Player of the Year three times. Xavier’s Desmond Claude, a New Haven native, was named Most Improved Player and Creighton’s Steven Ashworth claimed the Sportsmanship Award.

UConn guard Hassan Diarra wins Big East Sixth Man of the Year Award

UConn senior guard Hassan Diarra won the Big East Sixth Man Award for his efforts in leading the regular season champions off the bench.

www.courant.com

Thanks for updating me.

They go it right with 6th Man Hassan, and 'not wrong' with Claude, who has a larger body of work. With Kalkbrenner playing more games & minutes, he is similarly 'not wrong' in retaining his crown. On Ashworth, I'll accept the voting of the coaches. And, I'm fully satisfied that we have Diarra, Clingan, and Spencer.

Does this mean that only Coach & Scholar-Athlete remain unannounced?

Does Alex have a gaudy GPA to go with his triple major, or does he get the Forgotten Man Award that is expressed by his & its stealthiness?

Contrary to predictions of him making the votes 'pay,' he might just keep what doing what he's been doing since last year when his beyond-freshmam maturity showed in the choice for him to pass the ball inbounds when other teams threw on the full court press. Others play better when Alex plays, though, on further consideration, I think this can be said about others too.

Go Huskies!

 

[HuskyFich]

The player of the year isn’t a unanimous selection…

I smell bitterness over facts.

 

[HooperScooper]

Does this mean that only Coach & Scholar-Athlete remain unannounced?

The Big East, which announced its all-conference teams on Sunday, will reveal its Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Scholar-Athlete at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The Big East, which announced its all-conference teams on Sunday, will reveal its Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Scholar-Athlete at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Thanks again for spelling it out.

I'll take a foursome please.

 

[August_West]

Spencer - Sportsmanship*

LOL well played.

 

[Lynyrd]

Kalkbrenner is soft as warm butter … doesn’t belong in the same sentence as Ewing.

 

[Mister P]

These appear to be AP awards voted by writers from conference member team cities.

Big East Conference individual awards - voted by the coaches - will be released tomorrow, I believe.

A sweep there would be
Hurley - Coach
Newton - Player
Clingan - Defensive Player
Castle - Freshman
Diarra - 6th Man AND Most Improved
Karaban - Scholar-Athlete
Spencer - Sportsmanship*

* unless Karaban

Correct. AP awards