Purdue’s Zach Edey repeated as Associated Press Big Ten participant of the yr Tuesday and Matt Painter of the Boilermakers is coach of the yr for the second straight season.
Edey was the unanimous alternative for prime honors in balloting by 14 journalists who cowl the convention. Illinois’ Marcus Domask is the newcomer of the yr.
Painter, who shared coach of the yr with Northwestern’s Chris Collins in 2023, edged out Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg by one vote for this yr’s teaching award.
The 7-foot-4, 300-pound Edey leads the Big Ten with 24.2 factors and 11.7 rebounds per recreation and is taking pictures a convention-finest 61.7% from the sector. Since 1992-93, Edey is amongst three gamers nationally with two seasons of 700 factors and 350 rebounds. He’s the one participant in Big Ten historical past to perform that.
Northwestern’s Boo Buie joins Edey as unanimous picks to the AP All-Big Ten first workforce. Buie is averaging 18.9 factors per recreation and has improved his 3-level proportion from 31.8% final yr to 43.1% to rank second within the Big Ten.
Joining Edey and Buie on the primary workforce are Purdue’s Braden Smith and Illinois’ Terrence Shannon Jr. and Domask.
Domask, a graduate switch from Southern Illinois, began all 31 video games and scored in double figures in 21 of his final 22 video games, together with all 10 Big Ten highway video games.
Painter led Purdue to twenty-eight common-season wins and 17 convention wins, each faculty information. The Boilermakers even have received two straight Big Ten common-season titles and can go for again-to-again convention match championships this week in Minneapolis.
Hoiberg’s Cornhuskers, picked twelfth within the Big Ten within the preseason, completed third for his or her highest convention end since 1992-93. The Huskers’ 22 wins are tied for second on the college’s all-time checklist.
u-Guard — Boo Buie, Northwestern, Gr., 6-2, 180, Albany, New York.
Guard — Braden Smith, Purdue, So., 6-0, 175, Westfield, Indiana.
Forward — Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois, Sr., 6-6, 225, Chicago.
Forward – Marcus Domask, Illinois, Gr., 6-6, 215, Waupon, Wisconsin.
u-Center — Zach Edey, Purdue, Sr., 7-4, 300, Toronto.
—“u” denotes unanimous choice.
Guard — Jahmir Young, Maryland, Sr., 6-1, 185, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Guard — Tyson Walker, Michigan State, Gr., 6-1, 185, Westbury, New York.
Forward — Dawson Garcia, Minnesota, Jr., 6-11, 230, Savage, Minnesota.
Foward — Coleman Hawkins, Illinois, Sr., 6-10, 230, Sacramento, California.
Center – Kel’el Ware, Indiana, So, 7-0, 242, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Coach of the yr — Matt Painter, Purdue.
u-Player of the yr — Zach Edey, Purdue.
Newcomer of the yr — Marcus Domask, Illinois.
Nick Bahe, Fox Sports; Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News, Fox Sports; Dave Eanet, WGN Radio (Chicago); Brian Fonseca, New Jersey Advance Media; Marcus Fuller, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Adam Jardy, Columbus Dispatch; Stephen Jones, Penn State Sports Network; Andrew Kahn, MLive.com (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Wilson Moore, Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald; Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star; Jim Polzin, Madison.com (Madison, Wisconsin); Scott Richey, Champaign (Illinois) News-Gazette; Dylan Sinn, Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette; Tyler Tachman, Des Moines (Iowa) Register.
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AP school basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
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