BIG EAST BLOGGERS 2007-2008 BIG EAST AWARDS
The Big East regular season has come and gone and the 15 regular participants of our weekly Big East Blogger’s Power Poll convened to vote on our 2007-2008 Big East Regular season awards. Here is the log of our esteemed voting members:
NBE Basketball Report
Card Chronicle
CuseAdelphia
Black & Green ND Basketball Blog
HoyaSaxa.com
CourtVisions College Hoops Blog
SPK, frequent contributor to Piratecrew.com
Villanova by the Numbers
RAC ‘Em up
The East Coast Bias
Marquette Basketball Cracked Sidewalks
Chris Dokish, contributor to Big East Basketball Report and Pittsburgh Sports Report
Bryce’s Brackets and Observations
WV Mountaineer Sports
The Bracket Blog @ Bracketography
The voters have named a Big East Player of the Year as well as our all-league teams. They have also anointed a Freshman of the Year and all-Freshman teams as well as voting for Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player and a projected Big East Tournament winner.
They also gave us some insight on who they foresee as the early favorites for 2008-2009.
Read below to see the results!
Big East Blogger’s Player of the Year: Luke Harangody, Notre Dame.
Luke was the unanimous selection among the voters as the Player of the Year in the Big East.
Big East Bloggers 2007-2008 All-Big East Teams (note, the Player of the Year is NOT included):
1st Team:
AJ Price, Connecticut
Roy Hibbert, Georgetown
Sam Young, Pittsburgh
Kentrell Gransberry, South Florida
David Padgett, Louisville
2nd Team:
Joe Alexander, West Virginia
Brian Laing, Seton Hall
Donte Greene, Syracuse
Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati
Jeff Adrien, Connecticut
3rd Team:
Kyle McAlarney, Notre Dame
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
Jonathan Wallace, Georgetown
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
Terrence Williams, Louisville
4th Team:
DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh
Dominic James, Marquette
Jerel McNeal, Marquette
Draelon Burns, DePaul
Paul Harris, Syracuse
Honorable Mention:
Arinze Onuaku, Syracuse
Lazar Hayward, Marquette
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Alex Ruoff, West Virginia
Big East Bloggers Freshman of the Year: Donte Greene, Syracuse
Big East Bloggers All-Freshman Teams (note, Freshman of the Year NOT included):
1st Team:
DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Dominique Jones, South Florida
Dar Tucker, DePaul
Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall
2nd Team:
Mac Koshwal, DePaul
Austin Freeman, Georgetown
Corey Fisher, Villanova
Justin Burrell, St. John’s
Corey Chandler, Rutgers
3rd Team:
Mike Coburn, Rutgers
DJ Kennedy, St. John’s
Corey Stokes, Villanova
Antonio Pena, Villanova
Gilbert Brown, Pittsburgh
Rick Jackson, Syracuse
Big East Blogger’s Coach of the Year: Mike Brey, Notre Dame
Big East Blogger’s Defensive Player of the Year: Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
Big East Blogger’s Most Improved Player: Sam Young, Pittsburgh and Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Big East Blogger’s Big East Tournament Favorite: Louisville
Big East Blogger’s 2008-2009 Early Conference Favorite: Connecticut
Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville round out the Top four teams for 2008-2009 according to the Big East Blogger’s. Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Marquette and West Virginia were other teams receiving votes as potential members of next year’s top three Big East teams in an informal early poll.