Trey Burke Named B1G Player of the Year
According to UMHoops twitter feed:
New on UM Hoops: Trey Burke named Big Ten Player of the Year http://bit.ly/WiB2Lp
He plays for Michigan forgodsakes
Congratulations Trey. Much improvement over last year deserves that kind of respect. Not so bad for a guy from Columbus.
All of the UM players that were recognized have been captured in this thread already (except THJ receiving a sportsmanship award, too), but here's a complete run down for the whole conference: http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aaf.html
He'll win it again next year too.
-BK Finest'ed
And to think he was so close to going to PSU. Hopefully, he becomes a 2 time winner by coming back next season.
Well deserved too. He has great numbers but he also brought it during every game in the BIG - I think that one of the things that must have played heavily in the minds of the voters was that he scored 15 points in EVERY game. That kind of consistency in the brutal conference schedule is highly impressive.
This is awesome news and I'm glad to see that all those Big Ten player of the week honors actually added up to the real awards at the end of the season. I'm surprised by Hardaway on the first team, but I think that's because I watch Michigan more closely than any other team, so I see his faults more than other players in the conference. He also got the sportsmanship award for our team so a little bonus there. I'm glad we have a healthy Morgan back for the postseason and the conference obviously thought highly enough of him to put him on the defensive team.
HAIL YES!!!
Well done.
Oladipo is very good. But Burke was just as good, if not better....consistently.
Consistently is the key.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:07 PM ^
Is he really that good? Or product of a hype machine? If he was that good he would have had more the 13 per game.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
Points aren't the only metric to look at when measuring who deserves player of the year. Oladipo was a very impactful all around player for IU. Trey was more vital to his teams success. He deserved the POY. Without him I think we struggle to be .500 in the B1G.
Congrats to Trey Burke. Do it again next year?
"YOU WRECKED OUR PROGRAM!! YOU.."
Fuck you Tom Crean.
I hope Trey is a lottery pick, and signs a very fat contract. After, of course, he finishes his college career with six wins in this year's NCAA Tournament.
I made it a point to watch EVERY game this year, exhibitions included, and will never forget the play of Burke. He is so smooth, confident, he wills wins, unselfishness, we can only hope he returns. Walton excites me though and Spike is steady...
Hail to the Victor! Well deserved!
period.
Anyone else think he got snubbed for the All-Freshman team?
Nope. He disappeared for a while during conference play. If he played the whole season like he did OOC, for sure, but he was too inconsistent throughout the entire year.
Oladipo while very athletic benefits greatly from playing with Zeller. He makes sensational plays on occasions, but disappears too.
Burke was the first player (ever ?) to score at least 15 points in every B1G conference game this year ... which neither Zeller or Oladipo did.
Congrats Trey ... undisputed Championship awaits next year plus a guaranteed top 3 ranking if you return. Maybe Lewan can have a chat with him ....
Go Blue!
Congratulations to Trey. He was definitely the POY. Very classy young man.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
I wonder which coaches didn't vote for these guys on the 1st team.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
Matthew Dellavedova of St. Mary's just had a complete stinker of a game against the Zags, finishing with 2 points on 1-8 shooting (0-4 3pt), 7 assists, and 3 turnovers.
A performance like that in a game that some might say St. Mary's needed to win (or at least come damn close to doing so) probably pushes the Aussie out the door. Next!
March 11th, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
He deserved it.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:27 PM ^
Congrats to Mr. Burke on his accolade!
Excellent news for Trey! A small condolence for the team.
He deserves it.
March 12th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
Congrats Trey!!! Now go practice your free throw shooting!
March 12th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
Yawn.... so effing what?!
Team continues to lose the big games.
Lose your wy to the top. As long as you get player of the year and EA NCAA14 cover who cares? right?
WIN THE GAMES. WIN YOUR BOWL GAMES TOO!