2012-13 Conference Honors & Awards

As usual, after the season ended, I ran out of steam prior to posting RBP's annual Conference Honors & Awards.  Because I want to turn to the 2013-14 season (preseason Top 25, conference projections, All-American teams, etc.), I am posting the six power conferences all at once.

All-ACC

Shane Larkin, Miami
Erick Green, Virginia Tech

Reggie Bullock, North Carolina

Ryan Kelly, Duke

Mason Plumlee, Duke

Player of the Year: Shane Larkin, Miami

Top Defender: Michael Snaer, Florida State

Best Freshman: Rasheed Sulaimon, Duke

Coach of the Year: Jim Larranaga, Miami

All-Big East

Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Russ Smith, Louisville

Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse

Otto Porter, Georgetown

Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Player of the Year: Otto Porter, Georgetown

Top Defender: Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Best Freshman: Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova

Coach of the Year: John Thompson III, Georgetown

All-Big Ten

Trey Burke, Michigan
Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State

Cody Zeller, Indiana

Player of the Year: Trey Burke, Michigan

Top Defender: Victor Oladipo. Indiana

Best Freshman: Gary Harris, Michigan State

Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State

All-Big 12

Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Pierre Jackson, Baylor

Ben McLemore, Kansas

Rodney McGruder, Kansas State

Jeff Withey, Kansas

Player of the Year: Jeff Withey, Kansas

Top Defender: Jeff Withey, Kansas

Best Freshman: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State

All-Pac-12

Jahii Carson, Arizona State
Allen Crabbe, California
Spencer Dinwiddie, Colorado

Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

Dwight Powell, Stanford

Player of the Year: Allen Crabbe, California

Top Defender: Andre Roberson, Colorado

Best Freshman: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

Coach of the Year: Dana Altman, Oregon

All-SEC

Marshall Henderson, Mississippi
Jordan McRae, Tennessee
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Laurence Bowers, Missouri

Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Player of the Year: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia

Top Defender: Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Best Freshman: Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

Coach of the Year: Billy Donovan, Florida

Preseason Conference Predictions

ACC
1. North Carolina State
2. Duke
3. North Carolina
4. Florida State
5. Miami
6. Clemson
7. Maryland
8. Virginia Tech
9. Virginia
10. Wake Forest
11. Boston College
12. Georgia Tech

All-ACC
Lorenzo Brown, North Carolina State [jr]
Michael Snaer, Florida State [sr]
P.J. Hairston, North Carolina [soph]
C.J. Leslie, North Carolina State [jr]
James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Michael Snaer, Florida State
Top Defender: Michael Snaer, Florida State
Best Freshman: Rodney Purvis, North Carolina State

Big East
1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. Notre Dame
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgetown
6. Marquette
7. Pittsburgh
8. South Florida
9. St. John's
10. Rutgers
11. Connecticut
12. Seton Hall
13. DePaul
14. Providence
15. Villanova

All-Big East
Vincent Council, Providence [sr]
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati [jr]
C.J. Fair, Syracuse [jr]
Jack Cooley, Notre Dame [sr]
Gorgui Dieng, Louisville [jr]

Awards
Player of the Year: C.J. Fair, Syracuse
Top Defender: Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
Best Freshman: Steven Adams, Pittsburgh

Big Ten
1. Indiana
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Minnesota
7. Illinois
8. Northwestern
9. Purdue
10. Iowa
11. Penn State
12. Nebraska

All-Big Ten
Aaron Craft, Ohio State [jr]
Trey Burke, Michigan [soph]
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State [jr]
Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota [sr]
Cody Zeller, Indiana [soph]

Awards
Player of the Year: Cody Zeller, Indiana
Top Defender: Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Best Freshman: Sam Dekker, Wisconsin

Big 12
1. Kansas
2. Baylor
3. Oklahoma State
4. West Virginia
5. Kansas State
6. Texas
7. Oklahoma
8. Iowa State
9. TCU
10. Texas Tech

All-Big 12
Myck Kabongo, Texas [soph]
Pierre Jackson, Baylor [sr]
Rodney McGruder, Kansas State [sr]
Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State [soph]
Jeff Withey, Kansas [sr]

Awards
Player of the Year: Pierre Jackson, Baylor
Top Defender: Jeff Withey, Kansas
Best Freshman: Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Pac-12
1. Arizona
2. UCLA
3. Washington
4. Stanford
5. Colorado
6. California
7. Oregon
8. Oregon State
9. USC
10. Washington State
11. Arizona State
12. Utah

All-Pac-12
Chasson Randle, Stanford [soph]
Allen Crabbe, California [jr]
E.J. Singler, Oregon [sr]
Andre Roberson, Colorado [jr]
Brock Motum, Washington State [sr]

Awards
Player of the Year: Andre Roberson, Colorado
Top Defender: Aziz N'Diaye, Washington
Best Freshman: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA

SEC
1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Missouri
4. Tennessee
5. Arkansas
6. Mississippi
7. Alabama
8. Texas A&M
9. Auburn
10. LSU
11. Georgia
12. Mississippi State
13. Vanderbilt
14. South Carolina

All-SEC
Flip Pressey, Missouri [jr]
Michael Dixon, Missouri [sr]
B.J. Young, Arkansas [soph]
Kenny Boynton, Florida [sr]
Jeronne Maymon, Tennessee [sr]

Awards
Player of the Year: Flip Pressey, Missouri
Top Defender: Laurence Bowers, Missouri
Best Freshman: Alex Poythress, Kentucky

Pac-10 Honors & Awards

With Arizona bowing out of the NCAAs just shy of the Final Four after a valiant fight against King Kemba and UConn, the Pac-10 season is officially in the books. That means it's time for RBP to take a look back at the conference's best and brightest. Honors and awards take into account the entirety of the season, rather than just Pac-10 conference play.

All-Pac 10

Isaiah Thomas, Washington
#2 Junior Guard 5-9 185
16.8 ppg 6.1 apg 1.3 spg

Klay Thompson, Washington State
#1 Junior Guard 6-6 200
22.0 ppg 5.3 rpg 3.8 apg

Derrick Williams, Arizona
#23 Sophomore Forward 6-8 240
19.5 ppg 8.4 rpg .603 3PT%

Reeves Nelson, UCLA
#22 Sophomore Forward 6-8 235
13.9 ppg 9.1 rbg .567 FG%

Nikola Vucevic, USC
#5 Junior Forward 6-10 260
17.1 ppg 10.3 rpg 1.4 bpg


Player of the Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona
After a stellar freshman campaign, the once overlooked Williams put together a superb sophomore season, developing into one of the country's most dominant players and carrying the Wildcats to the cusp of college basketball's final weekend.

All-Defense

Jorge Gutierrez, California
#2 Junior Guard 6-3 195

Malcolm Lee, UCLA
#3 Junior Guard 6-5 200

Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
#1 Sophomore Guard 6-4 180

Marcus Simmons, USC
#43 Senior Forward 6-6 220

Tyler Honeycutt, UCLA
#23 Sophomore Forward 6-8 190


Defensive Player of the Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
Gutierrez, who averaged 1.6 steals per game and is perhaps the nation's peskiest on-ball defender, takes top honors in a conference that has so many talented stoppers that Venoy Overton didn't even make the cut for the conference's all-defensive team.

Freshman of the Year: Allen Crabbe, California
Crabbe, a well-rounded 6-4 two-guard who was ranked 69th nationally by rivals.com after his senior year of high school, averaged 13.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest for the Golden Bears.

Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona
In his second year at the helm, Miller led the Wildcats, unranked in the preseason, to 30 wins, the regular season Pac-10 title, a runner-up finish in the conference tourney, and an Elite Eight appearance in which Arizona fell to UConn by a basket.

And now for some regionally appropriate hip-hop.