Burke headlines Wooden All-American team

Submitted by oriental andrew on
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9121576/michigan-… Trey Burke, Shane Larkin from Miami FL, Doug McDermott from Creighton, Ben Mclemore from Kansas, Oladipo, Kelly Olynyk from Gonzaga, Mason Plumlee, Cody Zeller, Deshaun Thomas, and Otto Porter from Georgetown. Nice B1G representation. One thing. The article states that the wooden award winner will be announced Saturday afternoon, before the final four. Will that be a distraction at all to Burke and the team?

inthebluelot

April 1st, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^

So I think it's validation more than anything. He is locked in to winning this weekend and nothing will change that. He knows he's headed for greatness and I think he wants to win the championship more than anything.

MichiganManOf1961

April 1st, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^

Can you read minds?  Apparently not because Trey is currently deciding between Orange or Blue Gatorade in South Quad; not thinking about the tournament.

~Herm

Oh, it appears he wants the Blue Gatorade.   And now a bag of cheddar popcorn!

Also: he just felt the hole in his pocket of his Adidas track pants and felt the cool air from the air conditioner blow through his jacket.  He just thought, "Man, Nike is so much better than Adidas.  I hope Dave Brandon understands this fact."

 

 

MichiganManOf1961

April 1st, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^

I live in Florida.  It is 73 now and going to be 84 tomorrow.  I wore short and a golf shirt today.  I read the WSJ by the pool.  Jealous?

~Herm

PS - The damn public sector would run their air conditioner.  How else are they going to justify raising tuition 5% a year? 

JHendo

April 1st, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^

I lived in Arizona for 5 years and then not too long ago, moved back to Ann Arbor partly because I found the heat obnoxious. So I'm one of the few people that actually is not jealous. And wouldn't the public sector say the reason they can't run the a/c when needed is because they need more money to do so and then still not run it once they get said money?

inthebluelot

April 1st, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^

but I do know what it means to become successful and what it takes to maintain a high level of success. Anything else you want to know? No? Well then, I'd like to know why you troll this board pretending to be an octogenarian named Herm?

MichiganManOf1961

April 1st, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^

"I do know what it means to become successful and what it takes to maintain a high level of success."

Did you take that directly from your cover letter?  If so, I'm surprised you're still unemployed.

~Herm

MichiganManOf1961

April 1st, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^

It appears to me as though you were the first internet tough guy as you misinterpreted my obviously jovial jab at your comment as a real threat and responded in kind.  While I was attempting to give a sassy, possibly funny response to your comment, you were brooding and shaking with frustration at the thought of someone joshing you.  Additionally, I was going to make fun of that Curtis Woodhouse guy... but he appears to be one of those guys who you just can't make fun of.  Some sort of English soccer player, mobster, boxer combination.  Quite the read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Woodhouse

~Herm

Ahhhh I can't let the Brits win the manliest-man award for the night: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller

Happy reading.

MichiganManOf1961

April 1st, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^

I find it interesting that the Wooden Award draws much less attention than the Heisman.  Granted, college football is an absolute media monster (even compared to college basketball), so that factor must be taken into account.  But, in a sport where one key player can make a massive difference (granted, football has QBs and the occasional RB who can really drive a team) it is bizarre that there isn't more hype.  Perhaps the longer history of the Heisman has something to do with it or maybe it just appears skewed because of the dominance of football.  Any thoughts?

Congrats to Trey as well and Go Blue.

~Herm

LSAClassOf2000

April 2nd, 2013 at 9:39 AM ^

I would have to think that, given the numerous honors that Try Burke has gotten over the last three weeks alone, that it would be far more shocking if he did not win the Wooden Award after being named to the Wooden All-American Team. Looking back, he has been named to the All-American 1st team for The Sporting News and the Associated Press, as well as 1st team by the US Basketball Writers' Association and the National Association Of Basketball Coaches. He's also the Big Ten Player Of The Year, and I believe he was the USBWA District 5 Player Of The Year and on the NABC 1st team as well. It's hard for me to imagine a scenario where his name is not announced on Saturday.