Georgetown forward Jeff Green is BT’s freshman of the year.
Bogut, the Mountain West Conference Player
of the Year, averaged 20.7 points and 12.3
rebounds while leading the Utes to the Mountain
West’s regular-season title and to a Sweet 16
appearance.
Under Weber, the Illini were ranked No. 1
nationally for most of the season and were
unbeaten until their last regular-season game of
the year.
Other first team All-Americans included
6-0
sophomore Chris Paul (14.9 ppg, 6.6 apg) of Wake Forest, 6-2 Ronald Ross (17.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) of
Texas Tech, 6-4 junior J.J. Redick (22.8 ppg) of
Duke and 6-9 Wayne Simien (20.2, 11.1) of Kansas.
A common trait among the first-team
All-Americans was their outstanding performances
against top competition. Bogut made 16 of 18
shots while averaging 21.5 points and 11.0
rebounds in regular-season games against Arizona
and Washington, missing only a pair of
3-pointers. Paul averaged 25.3 points and 6.7
assists against North Carolina and in a pair of
contests against Duke .Ross, a 52-percent
shooter for the season, averaged 26.0 points in
the Red Raiders’ two opening NCAA Tournament
victories. Redick averaged 26.0 points in nine
games against Top 25 competition. And Simien
scored 30 points or more in each of a pair of
games against Oklahoma State.
The second team consists of
6-0 junior Dee Brown (13.4 ppg, 4.5 apg) of Illinois, 6-5
senior Eddie Basden (15.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg) of
Charlotte, 6-9 junior Sean May (15.9 ppg, 10.7
rpg) of North Carolina, 6-8 junior Ike Diogu
(22.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg) of Arizona State and 6-11
senior Channing Frye (15.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg) of
Arizona.
BT’s third team:
5-9 junior Nate Robinson
(16.7 ppg) of Washington, 6-3 senior Luther Head
(15.8 ppg) of Illinois, 6-8 senior Hakim Warrick
(21.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg) of Syracuse, 6-8 senior
Danny Granger (19.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg) of New Mexico
and 6-9 junior Shelden Williams (15.6 ppg, 11.2
rpg) of Duke.
Featured stories in the April issue of
Basketball Times include stories on the
legendary John Wooden, the (Last Great)
Conference USA tournament, the greatest Division
I upsets of all-time and an excerpt from Ian
O’Connor’s "The Jump."
Here are BT’s all-region picks:
All-Northeast
Keydren Clark, 5-9, G, Jr., St. Peter’s (25.8, 4.1 apg)
Taylor Coppenrath, 6-9, F, Sr, Vermont (25.7, 8.9)
Jared Dudley, 6-7, F, Soph., Boston College (16.3)
Ryan Gomes, 6-7, F, Sr., Providence (21.6, 8.2)
Juan Mendez, 6-8, F, Sr., Niagara (23.6, 10.5)
Coach – Al Skinner, Boston College
All-Mid-Atlantic
Raymond Felton, 6-1, G, Jr., UNC, (12.7, 6.9 apg)
Julius Hodge, 6-7, G-F, Sr., NC State (17.0, 6.8 rpg)
Alex Loughton, 6-9, F, Jr., Old Dominion (13.9, 8.1)
Rashad McCants, 6-4, G-F, Jr., UNC (15.8)
Eric Williams, 6-9, C, Jr., Wake Forest (16.0, 7.7)
Coach – Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
All-South
Brandon Bass, 6-8, F, Soph., LSU (17.1, 9.0)
Jarrett Jack, 6-3, G, Jr., Ga. Tech (15.5, 4.4 apg)
Bo McCalebb, 6-0, G, Soph., New Orleans (22.6)
Paul Millsap, 6-8, F-C, Soph., La. Tech (20.4, 12.4)
Lawrence Roberts, 6-9, F, Sr., Miss. State (16.7, 10.9)
Coach –Rick Pitino, Louisville
All-Midlands
Joey Graham, 6-7, F, Sr., Oklahoma State (18.1)
Taj Gray, 6-9, F, Jr., Oklahoma (14.5, 7.8)
Michael Harris, 6-6, F, Sr., Rice (20.6, 11.7)
John Lucas, 5-11, G, Sr., Oklahoma State (18.1)
Omar Thomas, 6-5, F, Sr., UTEP (20.4, 6.8)
Coach – Bobby Knight, Texas Tech
All-Mideast
Alan Anderson, 6-6, G-F, Sr., Mich. State (13.6, 5.4)
Darren Brooks, 6-3, G, Sr., So. Ill. (15.0, 4.3 apg)
Travis Diener, 6-1, G, Sr., Marquette (19.7, 7.0)
Mike Wilkinson, 6-8, F, Sr., Wisconsin (14.3, 7.3)
Deron Williams, 6-3, G, Jr., Illinois (12.2, 6.5 apg)
Coach – Chris Lowery, Southern Illinois
All-Rockies
Odartey Blankson, 6-7, F, Sr., UNLV (17.7, 8.2)
Nick Fazekas, 6-11, F, Soph., Nevada (21.4, 9.4)
Yemi Nicholson, 6-10, C, Jr., Denver (18.1, 8.4)
Spencer Nelson, 6-8, F. Sr., Utah State (16.4, 8.1)
Salim Stoudamire, 6-1, G, Sr., Arizona (18.4)
Coach – Mark Fox, Nevada
All-West Coast
Seamus Boxley, 6-7, F, Sr, Portland St. (20.6, 8.1)
Adam Morrison, 6-8, F, Soph., Gonzaga (18.5)
Tre Simmons, 6-5, G, Sr., Washington (16.3)
Dijon Thompson, 6-7, F, Sr., UCLA (18.3, 8.0)
Ronny Turiaf, 6-10, F, Sr., Gonzaga (16.1, 9.3)
Coach – Lorenzo Romar, Washington
All-Freshman (First Team)
Aaron Bruce, 6-2, G, Baylor (18.2, 3.8 apg)
Daniel Gibson, 6-2, G, Texas (14.2, 3.9 apg)
Jeff Green, 6-8, F, Georgetown (13.1, 6.8 rpg)
Marvin Williams, 6-9, F, N. Carolina (11.2, 6.4 rpg)
Darius Washington, 6-2, G, Memphis (15.2, 3.7 apg)
Rookie Coach – Mark Fox, Nevada
All-Freshman (Second Team)
C.J. Anderson, 6-6, G-F, Manhattan (16.1, 8.6 rpg)
Jaycee Carroll, 6-2, G, Utah State (14.7)
Glen Davis, 6--9, F, LSU (13.4, 8.7)
Toney Douglas, 6-1, G, Auburn (16.9)
Rudy Gay., 6-9, F, Connecticut (11.9, 5.6 rpg)
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