March 7, 2011 - 7:57pm
Around the Big Ten: Morris, Hardaway earn All-Big Ten honors
BY CHANTEL JENNINGS
We're here for your Michigan men's basketball Around the Big Ten Blog, after the Wolverines completed a very successful week. Michigan (9-9 Big Ten, 19-12 overall) was awarded the No. 4 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. The tourney starts this Thursday, but the top five teams receive won't play until Friday.
The Wolverines will face off against the No. 5 seed, Illinois, who beat them 54-52 earlier this season. Beilein said after the MSU game that he was happy the Wolverines would be playing a team that also had an entire week off, rather than a team that had played the night before.
The seeds for the Big Ten Tournament are as follows:
No. 1 Ohio State
No. 2 Purdue
No. 3 Wisconsin
No. 4 Michigan
No. 5 Illinois
No. 6 Penn State
No. 7 Michigan State
No. 8 Northwestern
No. 9 Minnesota
No. 10 Iowa
No. 11 Indiana
This week, the Buckeyes swept the Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors. Player of the Week was awarded to senior Jon Diebler who made 10 3-pointers against Penn State last week. He then made seven 3-pointers in the Buckeyes' win over Wisconsin. The 6-foot-7 guard has made 355 shots from behind the arc in his career, which is both a Big Ten and Ohio State record.
And freshman Jared Sullinger garnered his 12th weekly award from the Big Ten after a strong week, averaging 16 points and nine rebounds.
The Big Ten also announced its All-Big Ten teams and individual accolades today. Freshman Tim Hardaway Jr. was a unanimous selection to the All-Big Ten freshman team and was an All-Big Ten honorable mention (media). Sophomore point guard Darius Morris was named to the All-Big Ten third team (coaches and media). And junior guard Stu Douglass was the Wolverines' recipient of the Big Ten's Sportsmanship honor.
All-Big Ten Awards
First Team
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
Jon Leuer, Wisconsin
Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
Second Team
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota
William Buford, Ohio State
David Lighty, Ohio State
Talor Battle, Penn State
Third Team
Demetri McCamey, Illinois
Darius Morris, Michigan
Draymond Green, Michigan State
John Shurna, Northwestern
Michael Thompson, Northwestern
Jon Diebler, Ohio State
(The third team has six players because of ties)
All-Freshmen Team
Jereme Richmond, Illinois
Melsahn Basabe, Iowa
Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan
Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
All-Defensive Team
Delvon Roe, Michigan State
Aaron Craft, Ohio State
David Lighty, Ohio State
JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
Player of the Year: JaJuan Johnson
Defensive Player of the Year: JaJuan Johnson
Freshman of the Year: Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Sixth Man of the Year: Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Coach of the Year: Matt Painter, Purdue
