Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer, March 5, 2012
BTN will announce the 2011-12 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Teams live at 7 p.m. ET Monday. Until then, BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart and BTN.com editor and blogger Brent Yarina offer up their All-Big Ten teams and superlative winners. Check out their teams and honorees in this post. Don't agree? Leave your thoughts in the comment box at the bottom of the post.
Also, Dienhart previews the Big Ten tourney, which starts Thursday morning (bracket), and Yarina posted his latest top 10 plays of the week. And don't forget to check out the final Big Ten standings or our deep archive of Big Ten stats.
DIENHART'S 2011-12 ALL-BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS |
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POSITION | FIRST TEAM |
SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
G: | Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin | Trey Burke, Michigan | Keith Appling, Michigan State |
G: | Tim Frazier, Penn State | Matt Gatens, Iowa | Brandon Paul, Illinois |
F: | John Shurna, Northwestern | Robbie Hummel, Purdue | Drew Crawford, Northwestern |
F: | Draymond Green, Michigan State | William Buford, Ohio State | Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State |
F/C: | Jared Sullinger, Ohio State | Cody Zeller, Indiana | Meyers Leonard, Illinois |
DIENHART'S SUPERLATIVE WINNERS
Player of the Year: Draymond Green, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: Tom Crean, Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Cody Zeller, Indiana
Defensive Player of the Year: Tim Frazier, Penn State
YARINA'S 2011-12 ALL-BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS |
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POSITION | FIRST TEAM |
SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM |
G: | Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin | Trey Burke, Michigan | Keith Appling, Michigan State |
G: | Tim Frazier, Penn State | Matt Gatens, Iowa | Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan |
F: | John Shurna, Northwestern | Robbie Hummel, Purdue | William Buford, Ohio State |
F: | Draymond Green, Michigan State | Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State | Drew Crawford, Northwestern |
F/C: | Jared Sullinger, Ohio State | Cody Zeller, Indiana | Meyers Leonard, Illinois |
YARINA'S SUPERLATIVE WINNERS
Player of the Year: Draymond Green, Michigan State
Coach of the Year: John Beilein, Michigan
Freshman of the Year: Cody Zeller, Indiana
Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Craft, Ohio State
UNANIMOUS ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Trey Burke, Michigan
Dave Sobolewski, Northwestern
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
Aaron White, Iowa
Cody Zeller, Indiana
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