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Demetri McCamey first team All Big Ten D.J. Richardson Freshman of the Year

The season awards were released tonight, and there is finally some legit Illini love going around.

Demetri McCamey  was named to the first team All Big Ten for the first time in his career No doubt propelled there by his team leading 15 points per game average, along with nearly 7 assists per game. For the vast majority of the season, Demetri was the team.

The next best award for All conference the Illini earned were honorable mentions for Mike Davis and Mike Tisdale. Talk about an indictment of team depth.

There is hope for the future in D.J. Richardson being named the freshman of the year. Despite hitting a freshman wall of late, Deej still averaged 10 points a game and took on the role of premier defender for the Illini, pretty impressive for a first year player.

In other news, Painter and Matta split coach of the year honors. Full All Conference teams after the jump.

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First team:Evan Turner, Ohio State (POY); Demetri McCamey, Illinois; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; Robbie Hummel, Purdue; E'Twuan Moore, Purdue

Second Team: Talor Battle, Penn State; DeShawn Sims, Michigan; John Shurna, Northwestern JaJuan; Johnson, Purdue Trevon; Hughes, Wisconsin

Third team: Manny Harris, Michigan; Draymond Green, Michigan State; William Buford, Ohio State; Jason Bohanon, Wisconsin; Raymar Morgan, Michigan State (coaches selection); David Lighty, Ohio State (media selection)

Sixth man of the year: Draymond Green, Michigan State 

All Defensive Team: Chris Kramer, Purdue (Defensive player of the year); Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin; Jeremy Nash, Northwestern; Dallas Lauderdale, Ohio State; JaJuan Johnson, Purdue.

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D-Mac, I saw coming.

Deej? Not a chance. That’s awesome.

Congrats to them both!

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by Donut King on Mar 9, 2010 12:10 PM CST reply actions  

When is Weber going to dump that horrible motion offense?

Why does he continue to let his big men clog the lane when they seriously have no hope of posting anyone up? He needs to focus on spacing, with his shooters spotting up. I know he’s been trying that lately with the pick-n-roll, but you can’t run that play at the top of the key. You have to let McCamey dribble to the wing, then set the screen. It’s just too easy to help as a defender when the screen is set at the top of the key.

That, and he has to bench McCamey. You cannot let a player treat the coach like he is doing. he is jeopardizing his authority with the team if he lets McCamey keep acting like that and getting away with it. I don’t care if he’s the best player on the team. The team is very young. Make sure there is an example set for the great freshmen on the team.

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by Eckstreem on Mar 9, 2010 3:37 PM CST reply actions  

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