tyler wahl
Click here for Part One. The midseason-ish awards thus far:
Player of the Year: Luka Garza, Iowa
Coach of the Year: Juwan Howard, Michigan
Newcomer of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
Defensive Player of the Year: Franz Wagner, Michigan
Sixth Man of the Year: Justin Ahrens, Ohio State
Most Improved Player: Pete Nance, Northwestern
The most-contested choice in the comments was my late switch from Chaundee Brown to Justin Ahrens for best sixth man, so evidently I'm not a homer. (The comments section, also homers? Never.)
All-Conference Teams
close to cracking the first team [Campredon]
Before I hand out more awards, here's my stab at midseason all-conference teams. For position designations, a player had to get at least some of their minutes playing the spot listed. This mostly applies to Ohio State C/F EJ Liddell, who plays a little bit of power forward while being able to stretch the floor and therefore ends up on my first team, while poor dang Trevion Williams has been phenomenal this season but doesn't even make third team because he exclusively plays center for Purdue.
| Pos. | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | D'Mitrik Trice, UW | Jordan Bohannon, IA | Marcus Carr, MN |
| G | Ayo Dosunmu, IL | Myreon Jones, PSU | Eli Brooks, U-M |
| W | Franz Wagner, U-M | Isaiah Livers, U-M | Joe Wieskamp, IA |
| F | EJ Liddell, OSU | Donta Scott, MD | Ron Harper Jr., RU |
| C | Luka Garza, IA | Trayce Jackson-Davis, IU | Kofi Cockburn, IL |
The toughest choices:
- TJD, Cockburn, Williams, and Hunter Dickinson vying for two spots at center
- Bohannon (lower output, amazing efficiency, secondary role, better team) against Carr (higher output, worse efficiency, lead role, worse team)
- Wagner or Livers for first-team wing, Michigan might be good
- Wieskamp over a number of viable candidates for the last spot on the wing
The easiest picks were Garza, Trice, and Dosunmu.
[Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the midseason awards.]
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