Basketball awards banquet was tonight

Submitted by PeteM on

The basketball awards banquet was tonight, and I thougtht that I'd share a quick report.  As might be expected the crowd was definitely into it giving Beilein a standing ovation when he took the podium. 

The awards are mix of performance (MVP etc.) recognition voted on by both players and coaches as well as fun, non-basketball prizes (best dressed) voted on by the players alone.  Rakh and Wagner shared MVP while Simpson won the Steve Grote hustle, the best defender and most improved awards.  Duncan was named best 6th man (obviously not a shock), and best team leader. 

From the voted on by players only awards category Poole got best dancer (doing a few moves on his way to the podium as he picked up the award) and best dressed with Beilein making fun of his very short tie when he came up.  Duncan got an odd combination of the most likely to succeed and "talks most knows least" awards.  Duncan gave a nice senior speech about his first collegiate game being at Williams playing in front of 394, and his last game as senior being in front 80,000 in San Antonio and a worldwide TV audience.  Austin Hatch talked about how much he appreciated being allowed to stick around as part of the team. 

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1VaBlue1

April 11th, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^

Thanks for the recap!  But question - can you better explain this: "...with Beilein making fun of his very short when he came up."

WTH was Poole wearing for Beilein to make fun of his short?  What's his short?

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Texas Maize Rage

April 11th, 2018 at 10:36 PM ^

Could you imagine going from essentially playing in front of college crowds smaller than a high school game to playing in front of 80k and a worldwide televised game? It’s bittersweet to see these kids go. I think I’m going to miss MAAR the most though.

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Tom Bombadil

April 11th, 2018 at 10:44 PM ^

This team was just so fun to watch. Such a likeable group of guys who worked so well as a team without egos getting in the way. The future is bright but it'll be hard for a squad to top this one in my eyes, even if we win a national championship in the near future. The results were great, but the people were what made it spectacular.

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