Stauskas Named 2nd Team All-American by Sporting News
The Sporting News teams are one of the four used by the NCAA in determining consensus basketball All-Americans (AP, NABC, and USBWA are the other three). Nik Stauskas was today named to SN's second team for 2013-14. No other Big Ten player was among the 15 selected to the first, second, and third teams.
Every player on this list, save for the freshmen, made incremental improvements from season to season in order to wind up as an All-American. More than anyone else, Stauskas redefined his game. As a freshman he primarily was a catch-and-shoot weapon for the Wolverines in their charge to the 2013 NCAA championship game. He became a ballhandler in his second season, attacking defenders with his newly unleashed ability to dribble the ball and penetrate the lane. His assists total nearly doubled (52 to 99) and his free throw attempts did, too (87 to 164). His 25-point, 5-assist performance against Michigan State on Feb. 23 helped send the Wolverines in the direction of a Big Ten regular-season title.
Should be first team, but whatever. There are more important things to worry about.
2nd team seems about right to me. Happy with anyone being an AP All-American, regardless of team
I hope he stays for another year. He needs to improve his shot blocking.
Magnus has officially become a dual-threat analyst
I hope he stays for another year I need to improve my arrhythmia.
And pad level.
arm length, too.
He has bad knees so his jumper isn't what it used to be.
I don't see Aaron Craft listed. Or Gary Harris.
Jabari Parker'sofficial reasoning for not going to MSU is because he didnt want to cut into Branden Dawson's playing time. That is good because it is hard to fit two first team all American's at the same position on the same team....
...wait...
what?
oh.
OFFICIAL: @NStauskas11 is a @sportingnews Second Team All-American. http://t.co/EkA8nC6tTe | pic.twitter.com/oELzhg36dG
— Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2014
read this thread but they already tweeted the news to him. Damn internet.
It's good for recruiting and the next player will need to step up if he goes.
Congrats to Nik. It's well deserved although he does deserve first team.
Woo.
Congrats to him, but I suspect Stauskas will be gone. I'd love to see him come back, but its hard to turn down the kind of money he is going to make.
Incredible to think how far this program has come in a short time.
God I hate slideshow articles. Just list the damn teams fergodsakes. Then hyperlink the names to the slide show page. Frick on a stick!
Thanks for the link OP.
No problem with 2nd team. More room for improvement then next year...
He has elevated his game and I'm hoping we have a long run in the Big Dance. Hey Sporting News you forgot Gary Harris!
When reached for comment on the lack of MSU representation, the Sporting News guys simply said, "They were too weird."
"They were jerks. Seriously. You want the truth, or you want me to lie?"
he said "They were injured so often we could not properly evaluate their greatness."
March 11th, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
Looks like if we play Illinois on Friday, the Orange Crush is going to have to change its chant from USA, USA to All American, All American!
He would have been a first teamer, no question
Isn't anyone from North or South America an American? Or am I just hearing the sounds of a joke gone over my head?
Maybe they should rename the "All-American" teams?
I would tend to agree with others here in saying that essentially revolutionizing your own game and become a different sort of player than you were last season - and doing that with excellent results - seems to me to be first team worthy. However, he is still sitting in some rather select company in the sport on that list, and that certainly is not a bad list to be on.
I am confused.
/s
And Andrew Wiggins is also Canadian—pretty good showing for north-of-the-border-born players.
March 11th, 2014 at 12:34 AM ^
You're a Belieber.
So far, Bleacher Reports and Sporting News have Nik as 2nd Team while NBC Sports has him on the 3rd Team.
Obviously, NBC doesn't watch the B1G.
draft express just updated its mock draft and has Stauskas going at 16 with McGary and GR3 in the 2nd round. McGary is listed as the #1 pick of the 2nd rd so if he can show teams he is healthy pre-draft he could get into the late 1st round.