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'06-'07 Big Ten Basketball Season Awards

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Oden versus Tucker will be settled today

By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 06, 2007
The result ? if not the debate ? will be decided today.
Ohio State freshman center Greg Oden or Wisconsin senior forward Alando Tucker likely will be named Big Ten Player of the Year. Big Ten basketball honors will be announced today.

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[SIZE=+1]Big Ten's top award too close to call[/SIZE]
By Tom Mulhern, Wisconsin State Journal Coming into this men?s basketball season, University of Wisconsin forward Alando Tucker was the leading candidate for player of the year in the Big Ten Conference, with Ohio State center Greg Oden nipping at his heels.
Tucker was the preseason pick for the award, which will be announced today, while Oden was named to the preseason All-Big Ten first team, despite being a freshman.
?With Greg Oden and Alando Tucker, I don?t think you can go wrong (with) either one,? Indiana men?s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said Monday. ?You can make a valid argument for both.?
At first glance, the differences couldn?t be more striking: Tucker, who is listed at 6-foot-6, is a fifth-year senior who excels at the offensive end, scoring in just about every way imaginable and ranking second in the Big Ten with an average of 20.1 points per game.

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Big Ten notebook: Player of the year a tough choice
By Steve Batterson
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Alando Tucker or Greg Oden? Greg Oden or Alando Tucker?

Selecting a player of the year in the Big Ten is proving to be a challenging task for conference coaches as they fill out postseason award ballots.

?If one played on a ninth-place team and the other on a championship team, it would be difficult. It?s a hard one because both of them are awfully good,? Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said.

The two both bring plenty to the table.
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Player of year ? Is it Oden or Tucker?
League coaches singing praises of both standouts
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Bob Baptist
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What comprises the player of the year in Big Ten men?s basketball is in the eye of the beholder.


How the conference?s 11 head coaches and a panel of 22 media members define the award could determine if Wisconsin forward Alando Tucker or Ohio State center Greg Oden wins it today, or if they split the honor. The coaches and media vote separately. The 7-foot Oden is a cinch to be voted freshman of the year. The question is whether he will be the first freshman voted player of the year. It will depend on what the voters value.

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Posted March 6, 2007

[SIZE=+2]UW's Tucker named Big Ten Player of the Year [/SIZE]

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Wisconsin?s Alando Tucker captured the conference?s highest honor as today he was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in voting by both the coaches and the media.
He is the second Badger in the last four years to earn the award as Devin Harris claimed Wisconsin?s first Player of the Year laurel in 2004. In Big Ten games only, Tucker ranked second in the conference in scoring (19.7 ppg.) and tied for eighth in rebounding (6.1 rpg). The senior forward led UW to a school-record 13 victories in the Big Ten, while also tallying a 17-game win streak earlier in the season, the longest in school history.
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Matta Repeats as Big Ten Coach of the Year


Five Buckeyes earn recognition from league coaches, media


COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State returned just one starter and four letterwinners from its 2006 Big Ten title team but has put together a record-breaking campaign in 2007 with a school-record tying 27 victories, including a 15-1 record in league play. After consecutive outright league titles, the Big Ten coaches and media selected Thad Matta as the league's coach of the year in 2006-07, his second in as many seasons. Matta now has four coach-of-the-year honors to his credit in three NCAA Division I conferences. He also has five league titles in his seven years as a head coach. Ohio State coaches have won the award seven times. Matta joins Randy Ayers as back-to-back honorees. Ayers did so in 1990 and 1991. Matta's three-year record of 73-21 (.777) gives him the most wins of the 12 previous Ohio State head coaches in program history over the first three years of their tenures. His three-year winning percentage is second only to legendary mentor Fred Taylor's .808 mean over his first three seasons (63-15 from 1959-62).

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The complete list of the All-Big Ten teams and awards follows.
2006-07 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team
As selected by Big Ten coaches
(players names in ALL CAPS have 2007-08 eligibility)

FIRST TEAM
Adam Haluska, Iowa
DREW NEITZEL, Michigan State
GREG ODEN, Ohio State
Carl Landry, Purdue
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin*

SECOND TEAM
Warren Carter, Illinois
D.J. WHITE, Indiana
MIKE CONLEY JR, Ohio State
David Teague, Purdue
Kammron Taylor, Wisconsin
THIRD TEAM
SHAUN PRUITT, Illinois
Roderick Wilmont, Indiana
TYLER SMITH, Iowa
Dion Harris, Michigan
GEARY CLAXTON, Penn State

HONORABLE MENTION
Rich McBride, Illinois
LAWRENCE MCKENZIE, Minnesota
Tim Doyle, Northwestern
JAMAR BUTLER, Ohio State
Ron Lewis, Ohio State
JAMELLE CORNLEY, Penn State
BRIAN BUTCH, Wisconsin

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
TYLER SMITH, Iowa
RAYMAR MORGAN, Michigan St.
KEVIN COBLE, Northwestern
MIKE CONLEY JR, Ohio State
GREG ODEN, Ohio State
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
CHESTER FRAZIER, Illinois
TRAVIS WALTON, Michigan St.
GREG ODEN, Ohio State
CHRIS KRAMER, Purdue
MICHAEL FLOWERS, Wisconsin

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
GREG ODEN, Ohio State

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
GREG ODEN, Ohio State

SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR:
DAEQUAN COOK, Ohio State
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Thad Matta, Ohio State
*Denotes unanimous selection


As selected by Big Ten media
(players names in ALL CAPS have 2007-08 eligibility)

FIRST TEAM
Adam Haluska, Iowa
DREW NEITZEL, Michigan State
MIKE CONLEY JR, Ohio State
GREG ODEN, Ohio State*
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin*
SECOND TEAM
D.J. WHITE, Indiana
GEARY CLAXTON, Penn State
Carl Landry, Purdue
David Teague, Purdue
Kammron Taylor, Wisconsin

THIRD TEAM
Warren Carter, Illinois
SHAUN PRUITT, Illinois
Roderick Wilmont, Indiana
TYLER SMITH, Iowa
Dion Harris, Michigan
HONORABLE MENTION
Earl Calloway, Indiana
DAN COLEMAN, Minnesota
LAWRENCE MCKENZIE, Minnesota
Tim Doyle, Northwestern
JAMAR BUTLER, Ohio State
DAEQUAN COOK, Ohio State
Ron Lewis, Ohio State
JAMELLE CORNLEY, Penn State
MICHAEL FLOWERS, Wisconsin

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
GREG ODEN, Ohio State
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Thad Matta, Ohio State
*Denotes unanimous selection

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Trent Meacham, Illinois; Errek Suhr, Indiana; Adam Haluska, Iowa; Brent Petway, Michigan; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State; Jamal Abu-Shamala, Minnesota; Tim Doyle, Northwestern; Greg Oden, Ohio State; David Jackson, Penn State; Chris Hartley, Purdue; Alando Tucker, Wisconsin.
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LitlBuck;772852; said:
What's with the coaches? Conley not on first-team "All-Defensive Team". Didn't he lead the league in steals?
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He did. Both for overall games and for just conference games.

Also, Oden wasn't a unanimous first-team selection by the coaches.
 
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Golferdow01;772737; said:
I'm happy for Tucker...I believe he deserves it with the work and dedication he's given over his college career :)
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I'd be a little more apt to accept Tucker getting POY over Oden if Tucker hadn't fallen apart like a $30 suit the last three games of the season.
 
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the confernce coaches awards i put the most stock in... especially in basektball, most of the teams play each other twice. these guys have each other scouted upside down, inside out, outside in, right side out, left side out...

the coaches choice have the only attraction to me at all...i could give a shit what the media thinks...

also yes i realize coaches have "favorties" and "bias" but these guys going into tourney play have the other 10 teams in the conference scouted to unbelieveable levels. to me its the most telling and only list i will look at without a single question.
 
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