Thoughts from the road as I traveled down 95 South Sunday afternoon…
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After being a unanimous selection for First Team All-Big East and being named the co-defensive player of the year in the league Kris Dunn got some recognition from the national media on Monday. NBCSports.com’s Rob Dauster has named Dunn as a Second Team All-American. Joining Dunn on the second team was Delon Wright (Utah), Buddy Hield (Oklahoma), Rico Gathers (Baylor) and Rakeem Christmas (Syracuse).
A player that went head to head with Dunn and the Friars in November made Dauster’s First Team All-American in Jerian Grant. Here are Dauster’s full All-American teams:
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The Big East announced their All-Big East teams on Sunday and on Monday the league announced winners of some individual awards. Kris Dunn and Sir’Dominic Pointer will share the title of Defensive Player of the Year after a vote by the coaches ended in a tie.
Dunn was the frontrunner for most of the year for this award as he leads the league in steals but Pointer really came on strong as the season progressed to the point that many media members, including this one, believe Pointer being left off the league’s First Team is a big time snub.
Other awards were announced by the league on Monday. Pointer was named the league’s Most Improved Player which he likely won in a landslide. Villanova’s Josh Hart was given the Sixth Man Award and Butler’s Alex Barlow was given the Sportsmanship Award.
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The final 5 players who will be considered for the 2015 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award were announced Monday. The finalists are T.J. McConnell (Arizona), Tyus Jones (Duke), Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga), Delon Wright (Utah) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State).
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With the league season officially over as of March 7th the Big East has announced the end of season awards. Two Friars were unanimous selections to the All-Big East First Team and its no surprise who those two Friars are. LaDontae Henton and Kris Dunn were unanimous selections despite not being on the First Team in the preseason. Henton was on the Second Team and Dunn was nowhere to be found in the preseason. Villanova’s Darrun Hilliard was the only other unanimous selection to the First Team.
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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI
When: 12:00 PM
How: Fox Sports 1 (Dick Stockton & Steve Donahue)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
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