Handing out the Hardware: All-conference players of 2018 (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Jon Teitel

The end of the calendar year means that it is time to recognize the best players in college basketball during 2018. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel has reviewed all of the numbers and is ready to announce his picks for the 5 best players from each conference based on their all-around stats in non-conference play. Players are listed in a traditional 5-position lineup (G-G-F-F-C) whenever possible with several exceptions, plus a special award for Player of the Year So Far (POYSF). Part 1 was posted yesterday (https://hoopshd.com/2019/01/03/handing-out-the-hardware-all-conference-players-of-2018-part-1-of-2/) and if you think he has overlooked anyone then feel free to tweet us your comments.

MAAC
G: Davauhnte Turner (Saint Peter’s)
G: Rickey McGill (Iona)
G: Jalen Pickett (Siena)
F: Marvin Prochet (Niagara)
F: Evan Fisher (Siena)
POYSF: Marvin Prochet (Niagara)

MAC
G: Larry Austin (Central Michigan)
G: Eugene German (Northern Illinois)
F: Levi Bradley (Northern Illinois)
F: Jason Carter (Ohio)
C: Seth Dugan (Western Michigan)
POYSF: Larry Austin (Central Michigan)

MEAC
G: Malik Maitland (Bethune-Cookman)
G: RJ Cole (Howard)
G: Damani Applewhite (South Carolina State)
F: Cletrell Pope (Bethune-Cookman)
C: Raasean Davis (North Carolina Central)
POYSF: RJ Cole (Howard)

MVC
G: Nick Norton (Drake)
G: Jordan Barnes (Indiana State)
F: Phil Fayne (Illinois State)
F: Milik Yarbrough (Illinois State)
C: Cameron Krutwig (Loyola IL)
POYSF: Jordan Barnes (Indiana State)

MWC
G: Justin James (Wyoming)
G: Sam Merrill (Utah State)
F: Jordan Caroline (Nevada)
F: Caleb Martin (Nevada)
C: Nico Carvacho (Colorado State)
POYSF: Justin James (Wyoming)

NEC
G: Romone Saunders (Wagner)
G: Sean Hoehn (Sacred Heart)
G: Keith Braxton (St. Francis PA)
F: Tyler Kohl (Central Connecticut State)
F: Raiquan Clark (Long Island)
POYSF: Raiquan Clark (Long Island)

OVC
G: Dylan Windler (Belmont)
G: Temetrius Morant (Murray State)
F: Terry Taylor (Austin Peay)
F: Nick Mayo (Eastern Kentucky)
C: Nick Muszynski (Belmont)
POYSF: Temetrius Morant (Murray State)

Pac-12
G: Luguentz Dort (Arizona State)
G: Jaylen Nowell (Washington)
F: Robert Franks (Washington State)
F: Tres Tinkle (Oregon State)
C: Chase Jeter (Arizona)
POYSF: Robert Franks (Washington State)

Patriot
G: Sa’eed Nelson (American)
G: Andrew Kostecka (Loyola MD)
F: Sam Iorio (American)
F: Rapolas Ivanauskas (Colgate)
C: Nate Sestina (Bucknell)
POYSF: Sa’eed Nelson (American)

SEC
G: Admiral Schofield (Tennessee)
G: Breein Tyree (Mississippi)
F: Daniel Gafford (Arkansas)
F: Grant Williams (Tennessee)
C: Austin Wiley (Auburn)
POYSF: Grant Williams (Tennessee)

Southern
G: Lew Stallworth (Citadel)
G: Bubba Parham (Virginia Military Institute)
F: Cameron Jackson (Wofford)
F: Matt Rafferty (Furman)
C: Ruben Guerrero (Samford)
POYSF: Bubba Parham (Virginia Military Institute)

Southland
G: Shannon Bogues (Stephen F. Austin)
G: Ian Dubose (Houston Baptist)
F: Josh Nzeakor (Lamar)
F: Moses Greenwood (Southeastern Louisiana)
C: Hayden Koval (Central Arkansas)
POYSF: Ian Dubose (Houston Baptist)

SWAC
G: Martaveous McKnight (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
G: Jalyn Patterson (Texas Southern)
F: DeShaw Andrews (Alcorn State)
F: Dallas Polk-Hilliard (Grambling)
C: Trayvon Reed (Texas Southern)
POYSF: Martaveous McKnight (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)

Summit
G: John Konchar (IPFW)
G: Kobe Webster (Western Illinois)
F: Mike Daum (South Dakota State)
F: Emmanuel Nzekwesi (Oral Roberts)
F: Trey Burch-Manning (South Dakota)
POYSF: Mike Daum (South Dakota State)

Sun Belt
G: D’Marcus Simonds (Georgia State)
G: Rayjon Tucker (Little Rock)
G: Ty Cockfield (Arkansas State)
F: Zac Cuthbertson (Coastal Carolina)
F: Jakeenan Gant (Louisiana)
POYSF: Zac Cuthbertson (Coastal Carolina)

WCC
G: Colbey Ross (Pepperdine)
G: Jordan Ford (Saint Mary’s)
F: Isaiah Pineiro (San Diego)
F: Yoeli Childs (BYU)
C: Mattias Markusson (Loyola Marymount)
POYSF: Yoeli Childs (BYU)

WAC
G: Milan Acquaah (California Baptist)
G: Morgan Means (Seattle)
G: Xavier Bishop (UMKC)
F: Myles Carter (Seattle)
F: Lesley Varner Jr. (Texas-Rio Grande Valley)
POYSF: Milan Acquaah (California Baptist)

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Under The Radar Game of the Day: Ball State at Toledo

Posted on January 4, 2019 by John Stalica

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Ball State (9-4, 0-0 MAC) at Toledo (12-1, 0-0 MAC) – 7:00 PM EST (CBS Sports Network)

Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to the Glass City where the Ball State Cardinals will pay a visit to the Toledo Rockets. Ball State did start the season with a rough 3-game stretch that saw losses at Purdue and against Virginia Tech and Alabama in an exempt event in South Carolina, but they have also won games against Indiana State, at Loyola-Chicago and at Valparaiso in the process. Three players average at least 14 points a game for Ball State – their tandem includes Tayler Persons (16.8 PPG), K.J. Walton (15.0 PPG) and Tahjai Teague (14.5 PPG).

Toledo comes into tonight’s game with arguably the best resume among UTR teams in the country – they are currently on a 10-game winning streak after a loss against Wright State back in November. They won the Gulf Coast Showcase with wins against Florida Gulf Coast, Louisiana and UC-Irvine. They also won at Marshall and dump-trucked Penn (one of the Ivy League favorites) in the process. Jaelan Sanford averages 17.8 PPG and 3.5 RPG; Willie Jackson also averages a double-double for the Rockets (11.1 PPG, 10.8 RPG). As big as tonight is for Toledo, they best not overlook Ball State with a matchup at Buffalo awaiting them next Tuesday night.

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News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Friday, Jan 4th

Posted on January 4, 2019 by David Griggs

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-SMU is at Tulane tonight.  They really need to put together a long string of wins to catch back up to the pack.  Buffalo is also at Eastern Michigan, which we thought was going to be a good game back in November when we thought Eastern Michigan could contend for the division title in the MAC, but Eastern Michigan hasn’t been all that impressive so far.

Last night was just a bad night for a lot of teams.

-In the Big Ten Wisconsin went down for the second straight time as they lost at home to Minnesota.  Minney deserves quite a bit of credit for a really nice road win, but it’s the kind of game you would expect Wisky to be able to win.

-Iowa went to Purdue, and got blasted.  A really good showing by a Boilermakers team that seems to really be hitting its stride, but at the same time a discouragingly poor performance by the Hawkeyes.

It was also a bad night for a lot of UTR teams

-Old Dominion, who had two really nice OOC wins, lost at home in their conference opener to Marshall.

-Wright State, who returned six of their top seven players, was blown out at Detroit.  Now to be fair they’ve dealt with injuries, but still.  They were blown out.  At Detroit.  And have been disappointing all year

-Northern Kentucky was the only Horizon League team that had looked even halfway decent during the OOC.  They lost their conference opener at Oakland.

-Belmont, who we were HUGE on after what they had done during the OOC, lost their conference opener at home to Jacksonville State.

-New Mexico State, who we liked so much that we thought they had a really good shot at running the table in the WAC lost their conference opener to Cal Baptist, who is in their first year as a transitional team.  Ouch!

-And last but not least (or maybe it IS least), the highlight/lowlight of last night involved Samford at East Tennessee State.  These are two SoCon teams that did really well OOC.  The game was fantastic and saw Samford keep it close and come from behind to force overtime.  The officiating…not so much.  During a timeout, referee Karl Hess aggressively approached (that’s the best way to put it) Samford coach Scott Padgett in a way that you really only see when someone intends to start a fight.  Now as a singular incident, it’s not good, but it’s not THAT big of a deal.  But this isn’t the first time Karl Hess has done something stupid while refereeing a game.  You may recall back in 2015 the ACC opted to never use him again after he yelled an ethnic slur at a Wake Forest fan who was in the stands, and who just happened to be a former member of Wake’s Board of Trustees.  What he said to the fan was quoted to be “When I’m older, I want to sit in your seat and watch your Egyptian ass ref a game.”  The fan was not Egyptian, BTW.  He was Asian.  So the whole thing was both totally stupid and totally bizarre.  You may also recall several years before that he ejected two NC State fans who were also former players from a game for no real reason, and after that little episode the ACC opted to not let him referee the conference tournament.  Well, he’s gone from yelling at fans at ACC games to charging at coaches at SoCon games.  Which raises the question….why is Karl Hess still a referee?? (So he could eject Tim Miles from an NCAA Tournament game – JS)

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Under the Radar: January 3rd

Posted on January 3, 2019 by David Griggs

Chad and David are back for this week’s (somewhat unfortunately timed) Under the Radar podcast.  There are some big games on Thursday night which are being played after we record this, so we didn’t get the chance to talk about how they turned out, but Louisiana Tech faces off against North Texas, The Citadel takes on Wofford, and Georgia Southern goes up against Texas State.  We discuss those, as well as running through all 22 UTR conferences.  And as we do every week, we close with this week’s UTR Top Ten.

And for all you radio lovers, below is an mp3 version of the show…

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Handing out the Hardware: All-conference players of 2018 (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Jon Teitel

The end of the calendar year means that it is time to recognize the best players in college basketball during 2018. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel has reviewed all of the numbers and is ready to announce his picks for the 5 best players from each conference based on their all-around stats in non-conference play. Players are listed in a traditional 5-position lineup (G-G-F-F-C) whenever possible with several exceptions, plus a special award for Player of the Year So Far (POYSF). If you think he has overlooked anyone then feel free to tweet us your comments, and check back later this week for the remaining conferences in Part 2.

America East
G: Sam Sessoms (Binghamton)
G: Ahmad Clark (Albany)
G: Akwasi Yeboah (Stony Brook)
F: John Carroll (Hartford)
F: Anthony Lamb (Vermont)
POYSF: Anthony Lamb (Vermont)

AAC
G: Jalen Adams (Connecticut)
G: Shizz Alston Jr. (Temple)
F: Jayden Gardner (East Carolina)
F: Markis McDuffie (Wichita State)
C: Tacko Fall (UCF)
POYSF: Shizz Alston Jr. (Temple)

A-10
G: Jon Axel Gudmundsson (Davidson)
G: Luwane Pipkins (Massachusetts)
F: Charlie Brown (Saint Joseph’s)
F: Grant Golden (Richmond)
C: Michael Hughes (Duquesne)
POYSF: Luwane Pipkins (Massachusetts)

ACC
G: Marcquise Reed (Clemson)
G: Ky Bowman (Boston College)
F: RJ Barrett (Duke)
F: Zion Williamson (Duke)
C: Ebuka Izundu (Miami)
POYSF: Zion Williamson (Duke)

Atlantic Sun
G: Zach Cooks (NJIT)
G: Tyler Hooker (Kennesaw State)
G: JD Notae (Jacksonville)
F: Noah Horchler (North Florida)
C: Rob Marberry (Lipscomb)
POYSF: Zach Cooks (NJIT)

Big 12
G: Marial Shayok (Iowa State)
G: Jarrett Culver (Texas Tech)
G: Christian James (Oklahoma)
F: Tristan Clark (Baylor)
F: Dedric Lawson (Kansas)
POYSF: Dedric Lawson (Kansas)

Big East
G: Shamorie Ponds (St. John’s)
G: Markus Howard (Marquette)
F: Sam Hauser (Marquette)
F: LJ Figueroa (St. John’s)
C: Jessie Govan (Georgetown)
POYSF: Markus Howard (Marquette)

Big Sky
G: Marcus Graves (Sacramento State)
G: Jordan Davis (Northern Colorado)
F: Jesse Hunt (Eastern Washington)
F: Bernie Andre (Northern Arizona)
C: Joshua Patton (Sacramento State)
POYSF: Jordan Davis (Northern Colorado)

Big South
G: Christian Keeling (Charleston Southern)
G: Jermaine Marrow (Hampton)
G: Chris Clemons (Campbell)
F: Jose Perez (Gardner-Webb)
F: Malik Moore (South Carolina Upstate)
POYSF: Chris Clemons (Campbell)

Big 10
G: Carsen Edwards (Purdue)
G: Cassius Winston (Michigan State)
F: Lamar Stevens (Penn State)
F: Ethan Happ (Wisconsin)
C: Dererk Pardon (Northwestern)
POYSF: Carsen Edwards (Purdue)

Big West
G: Terell Gomez (Cal State Northridge)
G: TJ Shorts II (UC-Davis)
F: Lamine Diane (Cal State Northridge)
F: Jackson Rowe (Cal State Fullerton)
C: Temidayo Yussuf (Long Beach State)
POYSF: Lamine Diane (Cal State Northridge)

CAA
G: Grant Riller (Charleston)
G: Justin Pierce (William & Mary)
G: Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
F: Jarrell Brantley (Charleston)
F: Eric Carter (Delaware)
POYSF: Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)

C-USA
G: Brian Beard Jr. (Florida International)
G: Jon Elmore (Marshall)
F: Jailyn Ingram (Florida Atlantic)
F: Efe Odigie (UTEP)
C: Charles Bassey (Western Kentucky)
POYSF: Brian Beard Jr. (Florida International)

Horizon
G: Sandy Cohen (Green Bay)
G: Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy)
F: Xavier Hill-Mais (Oakland)
F: Drew McDonald (Northern Kentucky)
C: Loudon Love (Wright State)
POYSF: Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy)

Ivy
G: Matt Morgan (Cornell)
G: Miye Oni (Yale)
G: Devin Cannady (Princeton)
F: Chris Knight (Dartmouth)
F: AJ Brodeur (Penn)
POYSF: Matt Morgan (Cornell)

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Under The Radar Game of the Day: New Mexico State at Cal Baptist

Posted on January 3, 2019 by John Stalica

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New Mexico State (11-3, 0-0 WAC) at Cal Baptist (8-5, 0-0 WAC) – 10:00 PM EST (Live Stream)

There are several matchups worthy of the UTR Game of the Day (Louisiana Tech-North Texas, Marshall-Old Dominion and Citadel-East Tennessee State to name a few), but tonight we focus on last year’s Team of the People as the Cal Baptist Lancers play host to the New Mexico State Aggies in their first-ever conference game in Division I. The Lancers won their 1,000th game as a program in their last home game against non-DI La Verne 97-46 last Saturday night. Some notable wins by the Lancers include a buzzer-beater winner at Oral Roberts and a win at crosstown rival UC-Riverside. Milan Acquaah leads the Lancers with 22.2 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game.

New Mexico State comes into tonight’s game 10-3 against Division I competition – this includes a pair of two-game sweeps against UTEP, New Mexico and Washington State. You could even argue that the Aggies are slightly disappointing outside of a close loss at Kansas; they do have a home loss to Saint Mary’s and a loss against Drake in the Las Vegas Classic. Ivan Aurrecoechea leads the Aggies with 11.8 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game.

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