BIG ten quite well represented!
AP All-Americans: Ayo First Team, Kofi Second Team
Congrats to Ayo and Kofi on well-deserved honors.
BTW, on RSCI Ayo was ranked #32, Garza was #93, Butler was #95 and Kispert was #104 in their respective classes. HS Rankings ain't everything. We say this every year.
BTW, on RSCI Ayo was ranked #32, Garza was #93, Butler was #95 and Kispert was #104 in their respective classes. HS Rankings ain't everything. We say this every year.
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According to Sporting News he was indeed.
2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season - Wikipedia
Big congratulations to Ayo
Big congratulations to Kofi
These are huge honors from 2 players we owe so much too. Ayo said he wanted to change ILL basketball and he has...
Big congratulations to Kofi
These are huge honors from 2 players we owe so much too. Ayo said he wanted to change ILL basketball and he has...
THey are probably saying that those 2 schools combined for a third of the selections, thus had an 'high' share.......they shouldve said illinois, baylor, and gonzaga dominate imho
I suspect they singled them out as they are the two top seeds in the tourney
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I was shocked as well that Ayo was the first Illini to make first team AP - AA, but here's the list of Illini to make the team - Dee was second team twice
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Dosunmu & Cockburn Named AP All-Americans - University of Illinois Athletics
Ayo Dosunmu is a first-team Asoociated Press All-American while Kofi Cockburn is a second-team All-American.
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Tim Duncan maybe. Didn't pick up a basketball until he was 14. He was a good player his sophomore season. All-ACC but not All-American until his junior season. In fairness to Duncan, college bball had a deeper pool of talent than they do now because some stayed more than a year or two in college.
Congrats to both. Very few humans have any idea the hard work, focus, mental strength, and sacrifices it takes for those two to progress to the point at which they are recognized.....top ten in all of Div. 1 college basketball.....around 4200 players. We are not talking NBA all-star....but it is a start and a first for the program. Both unique players who work hard to get better, and it has been very enjoyable watching that happen.
Krutwig 3rd team AA is a surprise to me...respect.
Ayo named USA today National Player of the Year!
Kofi on All American team (2nd), Underwood also with a mention for coach of the year, which went to Nate Oats (Bama)
Kofi on All American team (2nd), Underwood also with a mention for coach of the year, which went to Nate Oats (Bama)
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USA Today obviously has a much higher Basketball IQ than AP.
Also Baylor - Teague (Honorable Mention)
So happy for Ayo! It's nice for someone to recognize what we already know, Ayo is best player in college basketball.
This is indeed awesome. At the risk of sounding like I’m minimizing this (which I’m not), which is considered the “true” POY award? Sporting News? AP? Who awards the Naismith Award-I assume that’s it. I ask because I was shocked to hear that Dee was not an AP 1st Team All American this week (which I assume is the “true” AA team) despite being the SN POY.
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One opinion on reddit: "Naismith first and foremost, then AP, Wooden, Oscar Robertson (USBWA), NABC, Sporting News."
I personally have no clue. Never been able to keep track of all of these.
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Apparently not. Never a selection.
I already miss Ayo. Like driving to drop your loved one off at the airport. I am just trying to hang onto every moment before we have to say Goodbye. Filled with gratitude for his unselfishness.
