Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, March 7, 2016
"BTN Live" will announce the 2016 All-Big Ten teams and award winners at 6 p.m. ET tonight. Watch the show on BTN2Go.
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Before the teams and superlative winners become official, BTN's team of analysts share their award winners.
See our experts' selections below.
JON CRISPIN (@BTNJonCrispin)
Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Tom Crean, Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
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TOM DIENHART (@BTNTomDienhart)
Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Tom Crean, Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Diamond Stone, Maryland
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SHON MORRIS
Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Greg Gard, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year: Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
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JESS SETTLES (@BTNJessSettles)
Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Tom Crean, Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
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So, according to our analysts, player of the year (Valentine) is the only unanimous selection. Crean and Happ received three of the four nods for coach of the year and freshman of the year, respectively.
