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

Field of 68 Bracket

Midwest (Indianapolis, IN)
1 Indiana
16 Robert Morris
8 San Diego State
9 North Carolina
5 Marquette
12 Temple/Kentucky
4 Kansas State
13 Belmont
6 Oregon
11 Saint Mary's
3 Syracuse
14 Valparaiso
7 Memphis
10 Virginia
2 Michigan
15 Montana

West (Los Angeles, CA)
1 Kansas
16 Mercer/Southern
8 North Carolina State
9 Wichita State
5 Notre Dame
12 Louisiana Tech
4 New Mexico
13 Stephen F. Austin
6 Pittsburgh
11 Iowa State
3 Arizona
14 South Dakota State
7 Missouri
10 Minnesota
2 Gonzaga
15 Long Beach State

East (Washington, DC)
1 Duke
16 Norfolk State/Charleston Southern
8 Cincinnati
9 UCLA
5 Saint Louis
12 Creighton
4 Wisconsin
13 Bucknell
6 Butler
11 Akron
3 Michigan State
14 Harvard
7 VCU
10 California
2 Georgetown
15 Niagara

South (Arlington, TX)
1 Miami
16 Northeastern
8 Colorado State
9 Villanova
5 Oklahoma State
12 Arizona State/LaSalle
4 Ohio State
13 Middle Tennessee
6 UNLV
11 Oklahoma
3 Louisville
14 Davidson
7 Illinois
10 Colorado
2 Florida
15 Stony Brook

*Seeding does not reflect games played on Monday, February 25.  The bracket incorporates the seeding from yesterday's Field of 68 post.