2011 Men's BB Awards.

**ISC** · 03-06-2011, 04:21 PM

Awards being announced now

All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards Announcement - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site

Bill Self as coach of the year? Give me a break.

AWARDS
* Defensive Player of the Year: Dogus Balbay, Texas, G, Sr., 6-1, 175, Istanbul, Turkey/Brewster Academy [N.H.]
* Newcomer of the Year: Ricardo Ratliffe, Missouri, F, Jr., 6-8, 240, Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan/Central Florida CC
* Coach of the Year: Bill Self, Kansas [Career: 438-150, 18th season; At KU: 231-45, 8th season]
* Co-Sixth Man Award: Quincy Acy, Baylor, F, Jr., 6-7, 225, Mesquite, Texas/Horn
Levi Knutson, Colorado, G, Sr., 6-4, 200, Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe
* Freshman of the Year: Tristan Thompson, Texas, F, Fr., 6-8, 225, Brampton, Ontario/Findlay Prep [Nev.]
* Big 12 MBB Player of the Year : KU's Marcus Morris

BIG 12 ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School(s)
Perry Jones III, Baylor** F/C 6-11 235 Fr. Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville
Ricardo Ratliffe, Missouri F 6-8 240 Jr. Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan/Central Florida CC
Jéan-Paul Olukemi, Oklahoma State F 6-5 215 So. LaHabra, Calif./Stoneridge Prep/Vincennes University
Cory Joseph, Texas G 6-3 185 Fr. Toronto, Ontario/Findlay Prep [Nev.]
Tristan Thompson, Texas** F 6-8 225 Fr. Brampton, Ontario/Findlay Prep [Nev.]

BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School(s)
Brady Morningstar, Kansas G 6-4 185 Sr. Lawrence, Kan./Free State/New Hampton Prep [N.H.]
Jacob Pullen, Kansas State G 6-0 200 Sr. Maywood, Ill./Proviso East
Laurence Bowers, Missouri F 6-8 210 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./St. George’s
Dogus Balbay, Texas G 6-1 175 Sr. Istanbul, Turkey/Brewster Academy [N.H.]
Tristan Thompson, Texas F 6-8 225 Fr. Brampton, Ontario/Findlay Prep [Nev.]

ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School(s)
LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor G 6-4 200 Sr. Monroe, La./Excelsior Christian School
Alec Burks, Colorado** G 6-6 195 So. Grandview, Mo./Grandview
Marcus Morris, Kansas F 6-9 235 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter/APEX Academy [N.J.]
Jacob Pullen, Kansas State** G 6-0 200 Sr. Maywood, Ill./Proviso East
Marcus Denmon, Missouri G 6-3 185 Jr. Kansas City, Mo./Hogan Prep
Jordan Hamilton, Texas G/F 6-7 220 So. Compton, Calif./Dominguez

ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School(s)
Perry Jones III, Baylor F/C 6-11 235 Fr. Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville
Diante Garrett, Iowa State G 6-4 190 Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent
Markieff Morris, Kansas F 6-10 252 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter/APEX Academy [N.J.]
Tristan Thompson, Texas F 6-8 225 Fr. Brampton, Ontario/Findlay Prep [Nev.]
Khris Middleton, Texas A&M F 6-7 215 So. North Charleston, S.C./Porter-Gaud

ALL-BIG 12 THIRD TEAM
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School(s)
Cory Higgins, Colorado G 6-5 180 Sr. Danville, Calif./Monte Vista/ The Pendleton School [Fla.]
Rodney McGruder, Kansas State G 6-4 205 So. Washington, D.C./Arlington Country Day [Fla.]
Lance Jeter, Nebraska G 6-3 222 Sr. Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver Falls/Cincinnati/Polk CC [Fla.]
Marshall Moses, Oklahoma State F 6-7 255 Sr. Aiken, S.C./The Patterson School [N.C.]
Gary Johnson, Texas F 6-6 238 Sr. Houston, Texas/Aldine
David Loubeau, Texas A&M F 6-8 230 Jr. Miami, Fla./Westlake Prep

ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION (Listed alphabetically by school)
Quincy Acy (Baylor), Scott Christopherson (Iowa State), Brady Morningstar (Kansas), Tyrel Reed (Kansas), Laurence Bowers (Missouri), Ricardo Ratliffe (Missouri), Cade Davis (Oklahoma), Andrew Fitzgerald (Oklahoma), Cory Joseph (Texas), B.J. Holmes (Texas A&M), John Roberson (Texas Tech)

**ISC** · 03-06-2011, 04:46 PM

no cyclones on the all-rookie team..thought Anderson may have had a chance here.

**Rhoadhoused** · 03-06-2011, 04:52 PM

4 forwards and 1 guard?

**ISC** · 03-06-2011, 05:18 PM

can't argue much with Marcus Morris being player of the year.

**Rickybaby** · 03-06-2011, 05:19 PM

Ejim got robbed; no all Rookie, that just ain't right.

**gocubs2118** · 03-06-2011, 05:20 PM

DG on the all Big XII 2nd team!

**ISC** · 03-06-2011, 05:21 PM

Garret makes 2nd team....Scotty is honorable mention

**ISUAgronomist** · 03-06-2011, 05:21 PM

Well, DG made Second team and SC got honorable mention.

**xboxfever** · 03-06-2011, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Rickybaby

Ejim got robbed; no all Rookie, that just ain't right.

He didn't get robbed. He didn't deserve All Rookie team. His play drastically fell once conference started and he didn't start getting better till the last few games. If anyone was robbed it was Jake Anderson.

**Drive4cy** · 03-06-2011, 05:24 PM

Good for DG and well deserved. Hopefully he gets another shot at Pullen this week.

**Rhoadhoused** · 03-06-2011, 05:24 PM

DG gets 1st team if we have more wins

**wxman1** · 03-06-2011, 05:25 PM

Disappointing.

**LindenCy** · 03-06-2011, 05:32 PM

Very happy for Garrett and SC. Nice props.

**clone136** · 03-06-2011, 05:40 PM

The fact that they put 4 guards on the first team and not one, was DG is a joke.

**SvrWxCy** · 03-06-2011, 05:55 PM

I realize that stats don't take into account everything, but when you are talking about the best guards in the Big 12 I think that stats are a pretty good indicator of what you are working with... Looking at the stats below from each of the top guards that were chosen I think it is safe to say that Garrett could have easily been first team.

Diante Garrett's season statistics and ranks in Big 12 play

17.4 PPG (6th)
--- RPG (unranked)
40.8% FG pct (9th)
---% FT (unranked)
34% 3-pt FG pct (13th)
2.06 3-pt FG per game (9th)
6.19 APG (1st) (second place has 5.19 APG)
1.19 SPG (14th)
1.55 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (5th)
38.81 Minutes per game (1st) (second is SC w/ 38.12)

LaceDarius Dunn's season statistics and ranks in Big 12 play

17.8 PPG (4th)
--- RPG (unranked)
38.0% FG pct (10th)
83.3% FT (5th)
33.3% 3-pt FG pct (15th)
2.69 3-pt FG per game (2nd)
--- APG (unranked)
--- SPG (unranked)
--- Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (unranked)
36.62 Minutes per game (4th)

Alec Burks's season statistics and ranks in Big 12 play

20.0 PPG (2nd)
7.6 RPG (3rd)
41.2% FG pct (8th)
80.9% FT (7th)
---% 3-pt FG pct (unranked)
--- 3-pt FG per game (unranked)
2.81 APG (12th)
--- SPG (unranked)
--- Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (unranked)
--- Minutes per game (unranked)
Does also average 2.69 Off RPG & 4.94 Def RPG; 7th & 5th ranked respectively

Jacob Pullen's season statistics and ranks in Big 12 play

21.4 PPG (1st)
--- RPG (unranked)
41.6% FG pct (7th)
79.5% FT (9th)
40.2% 3-pt FG pct (15th)
2.44 3-pt FG per game (9th)
3.38 APG (9th)
1.50 SPG (5th)
1.06 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (9th)
34.19 Minutes per game (9th)

Marcus Denmon's season statistics and ranks in Big 12 play

16.5 PPG (7th)
--- RPG (unranked)
50.5% FG pct (5th)
---% FT (unranked)
40.8% 3-pt FG pct (8th)
1.94 3-pt FG per game (10th)
--- APG (unranked)
1.50 SPG (5th)
--- Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (unranked)
--- Minutes per game (unranked)