Points in the Paint: Raise the banner, readjust expectations
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Good morning to all the champions out there.
You can only comment on this article if you support a school that is ranked in baseball, softball, gymnastics, track & field, basketball, swim & dive, golf, football, tennis, and wheelchair basketball (get your shit together, volleyball and WBB just kidding). But these are the ground rules. So now let’s take a moment to reflect on the rankings of your 2020-2021 SEC Championship Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team.
AP: 8 (last week 8)
Coaches Poll: 5 (last week 6)
NET: 7 (last week 8)
KenPom: 8 (last week 8)
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January 28th, 2021 at 10:41 AM
Player of the Year: Luka Garza, Iowa
Coach of the Year: Juwan Howard, Michigan
Newcomer of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
Defensive Player of the Year: Franz Wagner, Michigan
Sixth Man of the Year: Justin Ahrens, Ohio State
Most Improved Player: Pete Nance, Northwestern
The most-contested choice in the comments was my late switch from Chaundee Brown to Justin Ahrens for best sixth man, so evidently I m not a homer. (The comments section, also homers? Never.)
All-Conference Teams
close to cracking the first team [Campredon]
Before I hand out more awards, here s my stab at midseason all-conference teams. For position designations, a player had to get at least some of their minutes playing the spot listed. This mostly applies to Ohio State C/F EJ Liddell, who plays a little bit of power forward while being able to stretch the floor and therefore ends up on my first team, while poor dang Trevion Williams has been phenomenal this season