All Americans

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

They will be released I think on Championship game-day.

[Pat Coleman]

They have been released at the Final Four for at least the past decade. It's primarily based on the regular season but we would be fools to ignore games in the past three weeks, especially ones that happen right in front of us in Salem and (this year) Holland.

We might release on Friday this year but the principle remains the same.

[magicman]

Pat,
When will the All Star Game rosters be released?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I got four of the five NE players correct.  You went with a third guard (Berthiaume) over a Center (Hollingsworth).  Completely defensible.

I'm a CCC guy, but Kates should definitely have been ahead of Ryan Birrell - he did have good stats though and carried a pretty weak team.


There's a lot of good forwards out there this year.  Davis, Sharry, McCrary, Burridge for POY?  Will Lemons and Milligan be the backcourt on the AA first team?  You could make a good argument.


This year, more than any in recent memory, is much more of a toss-up.  Usually there's one or two players who separate themselves during the season.  We have lot of good candidates this year.  I don't envy you guys having to choose.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat,
When will the All Star Game rosters be released?

I was kind of expecting them today, so not really sure.

[Hugenerd]

Hey Pat, 

I read that the voting on the Regional teams is done by SIDs/coaches still?  Is there any voting/adjustments done by the d3hoops staff, or is it purely based on those votes?

So if we don't agree with a certain position, it may just be that certain conferences had better turnout on voting than others, or conferences with more teams technically can get weighted more (since each SID gets one vote, I am assuming)?

Also, the AA teams are selected solely by the d3hoops staff, correct?

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com staff also votes but there's one or two of us and 10-12 SIDs in any given region. It is not about turnout, since we give each conference one ballot for every four teams or so. When it used to be open to all SIDs, there were definitely some questions about how turnout affected the result, so we balanced the voter panel out over the last few years instead.

All-American is just staff. We'll definitely pick other people's brains on it, but take it upon ourselves for the final result.

[Hugenerd]

Thanks.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/men/2012

All-America teams out.  Once again littered with Seniors.  A solid group.

No POY just yet.  I think Davis has to be the favorite.

[Pat Coleman]

http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/men/2012

All-America teams out.  Once again littered with Seniors.  A solid group.

No POY just yet.  I think Davis has to be the favorite.

Yes. We were waiting for the end of the game, which we often do when candidate(s) are still playing.

[Mr. Ypsi]

http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/men/2012

All-America teams out.  Once again littered with Seniors.  A solid group.

No POY just yet.  I think Davis has to be the favorite.

Yes. We were waiting for the end of the game, which we often do when candidate(s) are still playing.

I realize that this is the men's board, but is that also the reason for the delay in the women's POY?  Did it come down to Lett vs. Gordon, winner get TWO trophies?

[Pat Coleman]

Verkaik was also in the mix, but yes.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Verkaik was also in the mix, but yes.

As well she deserved to be.  Thanks for the response (wasn't at all sure you'd be willing to reveal the 'short list').

[Pat Coleman]

I definitely considered carefully before responding. But I figured this was a season in which the list probably wouldn't surprise.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Exactly three guards and two forwards coming back next year.  Do we have early pre-season AA favorites?

I'm not sure why any of those guys wouldn't be on the list.