All Americans

[diehardfan]

I have to make my pitch for Amir Mazarei (University of Redlands)

Second in the nation in scoring
First in the nation in 3's made per game
Third in the nation in steals per game

Well, now that you posted the stats in bold red, white and blue.... totally. 

I'd like to see Amir on one of the AA teams too Jordis. He was really fun to watch, and seems like your ideal smart, hardworking, nice DIII kid. People have a tendancy to knock system players, but Amir got his stats in just ~26mpg... that's not a small deal, and it probably means that at a normal pace of basketball on a normal team, he'd probably be putting up similar numbers.

But, with that said... I don't want to see him be an AA as much as Kent Raymond! Okay, almost as much...ish, but he's tied with Bryan Schnetter in my head, sorry.

And I might as well make a full fledged pitch for Bryan Schnettler while I'm at it...  see this info from the St. Thomas website for more details.

There seem to be a lot of crazy good guards this year. That's sort of unfortunate, cause they can't all be recognized. Hopefully our favorites are the ones that win out!

At some point after the sectionals this weekend, I'm planning on summarizing who I think the best players I saw this season were just for the heck of it... it would be cool if people who have seen a number of good candidates did the same.

[TeeDub]

I have to make my pitch for Amir Mazarei (University of Redlands)

Second in the nation in scoring
First in the nation in 3's made per game
Third in the nation in steals per game

Well, now that you posted the stats in bold red, white and blue.... totally. 

I'd like to see Amir on one of the AA teams too Jordis. He was really fun to watch, and seems like your ideal smart, hardworking, nice DIII kid. People have a tendancy to knock system players, but Amir got his stats in just ~26mpg... that's not a small deal, and it probably means that at a normal pace of basketball on a normal team, he'd probably be putting up similar numbers.

Actually, Amir only averaged about 21 minutes per game...hopefully that makes it even more impressive than the bold red, white and blue   

[Knightstalker]

Taken from the NJCU website.

I believe Dana John should get some consideration for All American, below are his stats for the year, and he is only a sophmore.

SUMMARY            GP-GS   Min   FG%  3PT%   FT%  R/G  A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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Dana John........... 28-28  31.5  .456  .426    .778   5.6  1.1  49   23   18.4

[TeeDub]

When do the d3hoops All-Region and All-America come out?

[diehardfan]

It's announced on the pregame show for the championship game. If you don't catch it then, you'll have to wait a while after the game... but it is that day.

[gordonmann]

All Region is generally announced during the week.  All Americans are during halftime of the championship tilt, as DHF reports.

[Pat Coleman]

Actually we do the men's in the pregame. If you guys don't do the women's until halftime we'll have to have a talk.

[diehardfan]

Hey, I said they were in the pregame show....  Gordon just wasn't paying attention.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So now that we know who the nominees are for the All-American teams, let's get to some prognosticating.


Mike Hoyt, Kent Raymond, Andrew Olson and Brian Schnettler seem like the premier guard choices.

Ben Strong, Jason Boone, Isaac Rosefelt, and Larry Welton seem like good choices for big guys.

There are so many strong candidates; it will be hard to pick the top spots.


(And yes, I know I left out very good players from the Great Lakes region on my list.  Most everyone from their first team and the names I left off from the MW first team are contenders.)

[Titan Q]

Zach Freeman is a strong 1st Team candidate among big guys as well...

21.6 ppg
9.1 rpg
.614 FG
.793 FT

Here are some Freeman highlights from the Final Four last year and a game this year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2EANANcrj8


Zach is the best 4/5 player I've seen at IWU in the 18 years I've been around the program, and I've seen some great ones.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeah, I agree that Freeman is a top contender, but a lot will depend on who exactly votes on the All-America team.  He didn't get the award for his conference or his region (I know the competition was pretty stiff), but with players like Rosefelt and Strong vying for the same spot, it may be hard for him to get to the first team.  I do fully expect him to be the Center on one of the top three teams.

[hopefan]

Troy Ruths has also attracted some attention in the middle, and has taken his team to the Final Four - I'm hoping he at least gets some mention...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ruths is listed as a forward on the all-region team.  I'm not sure if d3hoops sticks to those, but they do seem to pick 2 guards, 2 forwards and one center, making the center the harder one to get.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The players I see as possibilities:

Guards: Kent Raymond, Brian Schnettler, James Cooper, Mike Hoyt, Andrew Olson, Ryan Cain

Forwards: Troy Ruths, Larry Welton, Tori Davis, Tom Port, Brandon Adair, Chad McGowen, Ray Bryant

Centers: Zazh Freeman, Isaac Rosefelt, Ben Strong, Jason Boone


Those are the positions listed from the All-Region teams.  I'm fairly confident the first team will be among those listed above.

[hopefan]

If that's so Ruths is getting a big advantage  -  he plays strictly in the middle on the offense