Monday, March 07, 2005
All Big 12 teams
The official All Big 12 teams were announced today. These are voted on by the coaches.
First-Team All-Big 12
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Joey Graham, Oklahoma State
John Lucas, Oklahoma State
Ronald Ross, Texas Tech
Second-Team All-Big 12
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
Keith Langford, Kansas
Jeremiah Massey, Kansas State
Brad Buckman, Texas
Antoine Wright, Texas A&M
Third-Team All-Big 12
Jared Homan, Iowa State
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech
Honorable Mention
Aaron Bruce, Baylor
Richard Roby, Colorado
Linas Kleiza, Missouri
Joe McCray, Nebraska
Terrell Everett, Oklahoma
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State
Joseph Jones, Texas A&M
Acie Law, Texas A&M
I think the selections are pretty good overall but I'm wondering how exactly Will Blalock is left off of the Honorable Mention team. I guess I'll cut them a little slack since they try to get every team with at least one player but I do think he is a better guard than any of the others on the list. The top three teams got three players, the next tier had two, and the rest had one. Blalock is a fantastic player and he has a legitimate shot at first team next year. In good news for Will, he was Big 12 player of the week after averaging 19.5 pts, 6 assists, and 2 steals in two wins.
He also made all-underrated team along with Jared Homan and Tasheed Carr made the all-reserve team. Major props to Tasheed as this list has some pretty solid players. I wasn't sure if his early season play would hurt him but the coaches still noticed his game during the conference season. Stinson was named to the all-defense team mainly on the strength of his second best in the Big 12 steals ranking and 6th overall in school history. Here are all the specialty lists if you are interested.
Big 12 All-Reserve
Tasheed Carr, Iowa State
Stephen Graham, Oklahoma State
Lance Harris, Kansas State
Bobby Leach, Texas A&M
Lawrence McKenzie, Oklahoma
Big 12 All-Underrated
Will Blalock, Iowa State
Brad Buckman, Texas
Devonne Giles, Texas Tech
Jared Homan, Iowa State
Christian Moody, Kansas
Big 12 All-Defense
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Ronald Ross, Texas Tech
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
In tournament news the latest Bracketology on ESPN.com has ISU as an 8 seed facing Creighton and UNC in the second round. Speaking of Creighton, Cyclone fans should be cheering for them in the MVC tournament final. Creighton is most likely in the dance anyway but they'll take the MVC automatic bid with a win over Southwest Missouri State (soon to be Missouri State) opening up another at-large spot. I don't think the Cyclones will need it but why tempt fate?
First-Team All-Big 12
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Joey Graham, Oklahoma State
John Lucas, Oklahoma State
Ronald Ross, Texas Tech
Second-Team All-Big 12
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
Keith Langford, Kansas
Jeremiah Massey, Kansas State
Brad Buckman, Texas
Antoine Wright, Texas A&M
Third-Team All-Big 12
Jared Homan, Iowa State
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech
Honorable Mention
Aaron Bruce, Baylor
Richard Roby, Colorado
Linas Kleiza, Missouri
Joe McCray, Nebraska
Terrell Everett, Oklahoma
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State
Joseph Jones, Texas A&M
Acie Law, Texas A&M
I think the selections are pretty good overall but I'm wondering how exactly Will Blalock is left off of the Honorable Mention team. I guess I'll cut them a little slack since they try to get every team with at least one player but I do think he is a better guard than any of the others on the list. The top three teams got three players, the next tier had two, and the rest had one. Blalock is a fantastic player and he has a legitimate shot at first team next year. In good news for Will, he was Big 12 player of the week after averaging 19.5 pts, 6 assists, and 2 steals in two wins.
He also made all-underrated team along with Jared Homan and Tasheed Carr made the all-reserve team. Major props to Tasheed as this list has some pretty solid players. I wasn't sure if his early season play would hurt him but the coaches still noticed his game during the conference season. Stinson was named to the all-defense team mainly on the strength of his second best in the Big 12 steals ranking and 6th overall in school history. Here are all the specialty lists if you are interested.
Big 12 All-Reserve
Tasheed Carr, Iowa State
Stephen Graham, Oklahoma State
Lance Harris, Kansas State
Bobby Leach, Texas A&M
Lawrence McKenzie, Oklahoma
Big 12 All-Underrated
Will Blalock, Iowa State
Brad Buckman, Texas
Devonne Giles, Texas Tech
Jared Homan, Iowa State
Christian Moody, Kansas
Big 12 All-Defense
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Ronald Ross, Texas Tech
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
In tournament news the latest Bracketology on ESPN.com has ISU as an 8 seed facing Creighton and UNC in the second round. Speaking of Creighton, Cyclone fans should be cheering for them in the MVC tournament final. Creighton is most likely in the dance anyway but they'll take the MVC automatic bid with a win over Southwest Missouri State (soon to be Missouri State) opening up another at-large spot. I don't think the Cyclones will need it but why tempt fate?
# posted by Ben @ 5:19 PM 
