Trey Burke Named 1st Team All-American by SN—and Sources Say He'll Win Big Ten POY
Congrats to Trey Burke for being named first team All-American by Sporting News. The others: Victor Oladipo (Indiana), Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga), Otto Porter (Georgetown), and Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State).
Also, reports on Twitter are that Burke will be named Big Ten player of the year tonight:
Hearing from several sources that U-M PG Trey Burke, one of five finalists for the Cousy Award, will be awarded Big Ten POY tonight. #bookit
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) March 11, 2013
And: Michigan's Trey Burke officially a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award
The other five finalists on the list are: Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams, Saint Mary's Matthew Dellavedova, Miami's Shane Larkin and Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart.
The Cousy Award will be announced during Final Four weekend.
EDIT: It seems likely that Burke will eventually gain consensus first-team All-American status. According to the Michigan record book, here's the select company he would join:
Cazzie Russell 1965
Cazzie Russell 1966
Rickey Green 1977
Gary Grant 1988
Chris Webber* 1993
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Here we go again with the "sources."
He's the only Big Ten player EVER to score 15 points a game at any position. He should be in the discussion for best player that UM has ever had. He's definitely top 10, maybe top 5.
I think you mean "15 points in every game," and not 15 ppg.
Top five (not in order):
- Jalen -17p/4r/3a and two final fours.
- Trey - 19p/6.8a/3r this season.
- Gary Grant - All time leader in steals, assists, top ten in scoring.
- Rumeal - won an NCAA championship.
- Lavell Blanchard, Manny Harris or Daniel Horton...I'm forgetting players, who else?
I can't do it because I'm too new, this would be an interesting discussion in it's own thread.
Blanchard was a forward and Harris was a 2 guard and forward.
You're right. For some reason I remember Blanchard being a PG. I'm thinking of someone else.
Ricky Green is in the discussion as top 5
You're forgetting that sweet-shooting small forward that banged Sarah Palin.
Not sure how you compare careers for Burke's 2 years versus someone like Grant who stayed 4 years. And Rumeal is hard to judge. How do you compare the decisive free throws in OT of a national championship game for a player who was quite good versus Burke and Grant who were simply better overall players than Rumeal but have no signature moment of that extraordinary magnitude?
Having said all that, in my opinion his 2 years as a PG were the best of any 2 years for any M PG and his season this year is on track to be the best season for any M PG in the 30 years I've been following the team. The low turnover numbers are really what sets him apart.
HAIL !
Go Blue!
and Wooden Poy for Burke would be a snub.
I've stated before how much ESPN loves Oladipo--pretty sure they said he's the next Michael Jordan, which, ....--but even their analysts and such say Trey Burke WILL win the Wooden Award.
Very happy for Alfonso! Much deserved!!!
Big Ten POY is great, but I want a national POY.
Ballin' is a habit
Woodson, Denard, Hart, Braylon and Trey top 5 if you held a gun to my head.
These are favorites, not necessarily best
March 11th, 2013 at 11:09 PM ^
What time does this get announced?
It'll be announced during the All-Conference Selection Show, airing on the Big Ten Network from 7:00 to 7:30 ET.