Vital gets... nothing. AAC Awards

[UConnSwag11]

 

[JimHurley]

Tre Scott, sportsmanship? Isn’t he the one who said they don’t get excited to play UConn?

 

[UConn3432]

he must have said it politely

 

[CTBasketball]

Fuel to the fire.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Heroes are made in March?

 

[HooperScooper]

Send these articles to CV. It's the proper response.

TAMPA – Kevin Freeman got off the Connecticut team charter flight that stopped on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport Wednesday night and strode purposely toward the team bus. Inside the terminal, a small contingent of sign-carrying Huskie fans tried to get the player’s attention. Freeman didn’t notice.

There is an irony in this. For most of his three years with the Huskies, Freeman has gone relatively unnoticed. The final indignity came earlier this month when Freeman, who averaged 12.6 points and 7.3 rebounds for a team that was never ranked lower than fourth nationally, wasn’t voted to the All-Big East team.

Not the first team. Not the second team. Not even the third team.

“I called him into my office to talk about it because I knew how disappointed he was,” Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. “Kevin had worked so hard, I didn’t want that to throw him off.”

Instead of throwing Freeman off, the snub fired him up. He led the Huskies to the Big East Conference Tournament championship by averaging 17.3 points on 63.6 percent shooting and grabbing 14 rebounds in three games.

Afterward he jokingly questioned if the coaches wanted to re-vote.

FREEMAN FINALLY IS STEPPING OUT

TAMPA – Kevin Freeman got off the Connecticut team charter flight that stopped on the tarmac at Tampa International Airport Wednesday night and strode purposely toward the team bus. Inside th…

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NOW DO YOU THINK HE’S ALL-CONFERENCE?

Seton Hall was hanging onto a 50-49 upset with 85 seconds left Thursday when Richard Hamilton uncorked his All-America three ball from deep in the right corner. Coaches in the Big East may want to …

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[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Why not just rename it the Tre Scott AAC Awards Banquet?

 

[Huskybass]

Ostrout is wrong! Even though First Team was announced yesterday for CV, it's still a big honor.

This thread is all incorrect. CV got First Team and Bouk got Third Team and All Freshman Team.

Congrats to CV and Bouk!

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Scott
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[superjohn]

What were people expecting? Anyone paying attention knew Achiuwa would be POY and Vital would get first team.

 

[Matt1010]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Whaley

Scott is certainly a better player but no way did he improve more than Whaley.

 

[tcf15]

He gets the AAC Tourney MVP.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Least contagious player

 

[kobe]

he was first team all conference, what more do you want?

 

[Ts5034]

Just more motivation if we get the opportunity to play Cincinnati, I think this team is locked in right now, but any extra edge never hurt.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

he was first team all conference, what more do you want?

This generation’s Sean Kilpatrick

 

[Waterbury]

He gets the AAC Tourney MVP.

and final 4 MOP

 

[Hoophound]

he was first team all conference, what more do you want?

Fairly obvious what we want....

 

[auror]

he was first team all conference, what more do you want?

Well he led the league in steals, so he could certainly have won defensive player of the year. He led the league in win shares, so he could easily have been POTY.

 

[Giants2021]

I thought poy meant you helped your team win games Uconn 7-2 last 9 games Memphis 4-5 last nine games. AAC just a joke don’t want to give Uconn respect because they are out the door be ready for Thursday when vital takes it out on Tulane.

 

[mauconnfan]

Well he led the league in steals, so he could certainly have won defensive player of the year. He led the league in win shares, so he could easily have been POTY.

If I'm reading correctly he did get 1st team all conference and that's damn good and truly deserving. I hope he was a close 2nd in the POY award at least.

As far as defensive player he's not even the best on his team so that wasn't happening anyway but Scott winning all 3 of those is kinda ridiculous.

Congrats to CV on 1st team well done!

 

[Giants2021]

Achiuwa prob the best nba talent in the league but he didn’t help his team win games down the stretch. Put up good numbers but look at their free fall. People think Memphis was the most disappointing team in the country but your going to give a guy on their team aac player of the year.

 

[husky429]

We all knew Vital was going to get stiffed because we're leaving the AAC.

League gave it to Precious to get more 1 and done talent in the gyms. Ain't gonna work outside of Memphis--and who knows how long that'll last.

 

[gtcam]

he was first team all conference, what more do you want?

Yes and deserving so
He is also AAC PYO - he meant more to UConn than Precious did to Memphis - Precious was surrounded by better players
BTW - was Sott's mother, brother, sister, father on the award voting committee? Ridiculous the awards he received

Enjoy the AAC in all those years ahead!

 

[Huskybass]

Whaley
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Scott is certainly a better player but no way did he improve more than Whaley.

Whaley certainly improved more, but averages of 6 and 5 aren't going to get anyone's attention. What we have seen over the last month or so from Whaley has been fantastic, but his season averages are pretty pedestrian.

 

[CL82]

Fuel to the fire.

 

[Yorkeez4]

This goes back to the argument of mvp vs poy I think if this were mvp Vital wins but for poy Precious is probably the right answer. IMHO league awards should be mvp.

 

[DayDayTFS]

Whaley certainly improved more, but averages of 6 and 5 aren't going to get anyone's attention. What we have seen over the last month or so from Whaley has been fantastic, but his season averages are pretty pedestrian.

It’s an AAC award, not full season

 

[UConnTrumbull]

We win just by never being in this conference again