Thoughts from the road as I traveled down 95 South Sunday afternoon…
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LaDontae Henton had a rough game on his Senior Day against Butler to close out the regular season on Saturday. On Sunday he was recognized by the Big East coaches as being unanimously selected to the Big East’s First Team. On Monday Henton was named as a finalist for the inaugural Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award.
The finalists are: Stanley Johnson (Arizona), Justise Winslow (Duke), LaDontae Henton (Providence), Justin Anderson (Virginia) and Sam Dekker (Wisconsin).
The winner of the inaugural award will be presented at ESPN’s College Basketball Awards show on April 10th in Los Angeles.
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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
This version of thoughts from the road should probably be titled “Thoughts from the Train” as I took 2 trains – both shoving off from different Pennsylvania Stations – to get from the Prudential Center to my home.
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