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Monday, March 5, 2012
Robinson named Big 12 POY
Kansas junior Thomas Robinson has been chosen Big 12 Player of the Year and leads the 2012 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball accolades, it was announced. Jeff Withey (Kansas) earned Defensive Player of the Year recognition, while Royce White (Iowa State) is the top newcomer. Quincy Miller (Baylor) and Le'Bryan Nash (Oklahoma State) share Freshman of the Year, while Michael Dixon earned the Sixth Man Award. Fred Hoiberg of Iowa State and Bill Self of Kansas tied for Big 12 Coach of the Year honors.
Robinson is the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double (18.0 ppg, 11.9 rpg) and his 22 double-doubles this year are fourth on the conference single-season list. Against eight nationally-ranked teams in 2011-12, he averaged 19.8 points and 12.3 rebounds while shooting 55.6 percent. Robinson's honor is the seventh time that a Kansas men's basketball athlete has won Player of the Year.
Withey led the Big 12 in blocked shots with 100, a total that ranked fifth on the conference single-season chart. Sixty-five of those rejections came in league games, setting a Big 12 record for conference play. Withey is the fourth Jayhawk to win the top defensive honor since it began in 2005-06, including three times in the past four seasons.
White is the second Iowa State player in league history to be named top newcomer. A unanimous selection for the award, he averaged 12.9 points per game and ranks second in rebounding with 9.2 per contest. He was also fifth overall in assists with a 5.2 average, dishing out five or more in a game 17 times in 2011-12.
Miller and Nash shared the accolade for top freshman. Miller was fourth on his team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and scored in double digits 16 times. Nash was the Big 12's top scoring freshman with 13.3 points per game and tied Miller for third among freshman rebounders with 5.0 per contest. Both athletes are the first from their school's to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
Dixon was the unanimous pick for the Sixth Man Award. The junior ranked 12th in the conference in scoring with 13.3 points despite coming off the bench in all 31 Missouri contests. He finished the regular season on a strong note, scoring in double figures in the last 10 outings while shooting 57 percent or better seven times. He is the second Tiger to be named top sixth man.
Hoiberg wins coaching accolades after leading the Cyclones to the greatest turnaround in Big 12 history. Iowa State won nine more games than a year ago and earned the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Championship. Self is named top coach for the third time in the last four seasons and fourth time overall after leading KU to its eighth consecutive Big 12 regular season crown.
The All-Big 12 First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention teams were also announced, while conference coaches also selected All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams. Marcus Denmon (Missouri) is the lone repeat first team choice from a year ago, while Robinson, White and Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas) were all unanimous first team selections.
The official All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Courtesy: Big 12 Media Relations
Robinson is the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double (18.0 ppg, 11.9 rpg) and his 22 double-doubles this year are fourth on the conference single-season list. Against eight nationally-ranked teams in 2011-12, he averaged 19.8 points and 12.3 rebounds while shooting 55.6 percent. Robinson's honor is the seventh time that a Kansas men's basketball athlete has won Player of the Year.
Withey led the Big 12 in blocked shots with 100, a total that ranked fifth on the conference single-season chart. Sixty-five of those rejections came in league games, setting a Big 12 record for conference play. Withey is the fourth Jayhawk to win the top defensive honor since it began in 2005-06, including three times in the past four seasons.
White is the second Iowa State player in league history to be named top newcomer. A unanimous selection for the award, he averaged 12.9 points per game and ranks second in rebounding with 9.2 per contest. He was also fifth overall in assists with a 5.2 average, dishing out five or more in a game 17 times in 2011-12.
Miller and Nash shared the accolade for top freshman. Miller was fourth on his team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and scored in double digits 16 times. Nash was the Big 12's top scoring freshman with 13.3 points per game and tied Miller for third among freshman rebounders with 5.0 per contest. Both athletes are the first from their school's to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
Dixon was the unanimous pick for the Sixth Man Award. The junior ranked 12th in the conference in scoring with 13.3 points despite coming off the bench in all 31 Missouri contests. He finished the regular season on a strong note, scoring in double figures in the last 10 outings while shooting 57 percent or better seven times. He is the second Tiger to be named top sixth man.
Hoiberg wins coaching accolades after leading the Cyclones to the greatest turnaround in Big 12 history. Iowa State won nine more games than a year ago and earned the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Championship. Self is named top coach for the third time in the last four seasons and fourth time overall after leading KU to its eighth consecutive Big 12 regular season crown.
The All-Big 12 First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention teams were also announced, while conference coaches also selected All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams. Marcus Denmon (Missouri) is the lone repeat first team choice from a year ago, while Robinson, White and Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas) were all unanimous first team selections.
The official All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Courtesy: Big 12 Media Relations
Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/robinson_named_big_12_poy/10235035
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Crowder, Johnson-Odom selected All-Big East
MILWAUKEE Marquette seniors Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom have been named to the All-Big East Conference first team, chosen by the league's head coaches.
Crowder was the only unanimous selection to the team after averaging 18.0 points and 8.3 rebounds in Marquette's 18 league contests. Johnson-Odom finished second in the league with 18.9 points per game as the Golden Eagles went 14-4, finishing second in the conference.
Other first team selections are UConn's Jeremy Lamb, Jason Clark of Georgetown, Kris Joseph of Syracuse and Kevin Jones of West Virginia.
The league's coach, player, rookie and scholar athlete of the year will be named Tuesday during the first day of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Crowder was the only unanimous selection to the team after averaging 18.0 points and 8.3 rebounds in Marquette's 18 league contests. Johnson-Odom finished second in the league with 18.9 points per game as the Golden Eagles went 14-4, finishing second in the conference.
Other first team selections are UConn's Jeremy Lamb, Jason Clark of Georgetown, Kris Joseph of Syracuse and Kevin Jones of West Virginia.
The league's coach, player, rookie and scholar athlete of the year will be named Tuesday during the first day of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Bad calls hinder Ducks' narrow playoff hopes
LOS ANGELES, Calif. Once his playing days expire, there's a good career ahead in public relations for Ryan Getzlaf.
The Anaheim Ducks center, stifled by a drop in production and on pace for a career-low mark in goals that would fall short of his 14 rookie season tallies in 2005-06, offered as rosy of an assessment as could be provided after his team's 4-2 setback against the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night at Staples Center.
When asked if the team's lack of a margin for error over the last two months has begun to wear the team down, Getzlaf offered some prime spin.
"No, we're excited," Getzlaf answered, though the atmosphere in the locker room shortly after the narrow defeat clearly offered a different picture.
"We're excited to play every night and excited to get back in this thing, and working hard to get there. We lost the special teams battle tonight, and that was the difference in the hockey game."
As he spoke, roughly 15 stone-faced Ducks sat silently at their stalls, staring straight ahead as they contemplated the ramifications of a 1-3 week that served as a major emotional blow to the club's outside chance at making the playoffs.
Looking to become the first team in NHL history to erase a 20-point deficit before reaching the playoffs no team had erased more than a 12-point deficit since conference realignment prior to the 1993-94 season the Ducks pulled to within four points of a playoff spot after a 3-2 shootout win in Carolina on February 23, but have since been unsuccessful in closing the gap any further. With 16 games remaining, they're seven points behind eighth-place Dallas, which has a game in hand. Four teams separate them from the final playoff berth.
Anaheim's 18-6-4 record since January 4 has been an admirable achievement, but silver linings don't get teams into the playoffs.
"It's a tough one," Getzlaf said. "You know what, we're pretty disappointed in this locker room, mostly with our effort. We weren't as good as we needed to be to play tonight. They came out and played a strong game, and we didn't respond the way we needed to, especially our special teams."
As composed as Getzlaf has been all season long, Bruce Boudreau was as equally steamed Saturday. Venting frustration over several borderline calls assessed by referees Dan O'Rourke and Ian Walsh, including a questionable slashing penalty on Luca Sbisa as he defended Jeff Carter in a one-on-one rush into the Ducks zone, Anaheim's coach will likely be hearing from the NHL in regards to his harsh criticism of the way the game was called.
"Our special teams were horrible. We can't kill a penalty and we can't score a goal on the power play," Boudreau said.
"That being said, they were some of the worst calls that I've seen in a long time. In a game of this importance, we can't have officiating making calls like that. There were three penalties that weren't penalties I know of that we took. Granted, they scored and probably sour grapes that they scored, but those things can't happen. It's too important and there is too much at stake for everybody not coming to do their job, whether it's us guys or whether it's the other guys over there."
"If we are busting our ass all night long and playing our fifth game in seven nights, we needed better from them. I don't know what their schedule is, but if it's four nights in a row or what have you we can't have that. It's just bad calls and I haven't paid too much attention to whether the Kings deserved their calls, but I know the calls on Sbisa's slash, Bonino's interference, and Hagman's trip were not penalties; not even close."
O'Rourke, one half of Saturday's referee assignment, had previously asserted in an Anaheim-Ottawa game in January that Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson was a "diver", as reported by Ken Warren of Senators Extra.
The Ducks are going to have to forget about any perceived officiating injustice quickly, regrouping for a home game Monday against Edmonton before a three-game trip through St. Louis, Dallas and Colorado.
"This is a very tough time for us," defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky said. "We need more wins. It's hard to say something."
NOTES: Devante Smith-Pelly scored his first goal since December 8, a wristshot from the right wing that snuck past Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick. He returned to the lineup on February 21 after breaking a bone in his foot while blocking a shot at the World Junior Championships on December 26. The 19-year old has four goals and seven points in a physical, checking role for Anaheim and was named the game's third star in Anaheim home wins on February 26 against Chicago and March 2 against Calgary. Jonas Hiller made his franchise-record 25th consecutive start. He broke the team's consecutive starts record in Friday's 3-2 win over Calgary. The Ducks were 04 on the power play, while the Kings were 24. Anaheim fell to 1-2-2 against Los Angeles in this year's Freeway Faceoff season series. The teams meet for the final time this season on Friday, March 16 at Honda Center.
The Anaheim Ducks center, stifled by a drop in production and on pace for a career-low mark in goals that would fall short of his 14 rookie season tallies in 2005-06, offered as rosy of an assessment as could be provided after his team's 4-2 setback against the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night at Staples Center.
When asked if the team's lack of a margin for error over the last two months has begun to wear the team down, Getzlaf offered some prime spin.
"No, we're excited," Getzlaf answered, though the atmosphere in the locker room shortly after the narrow defeat clearly offered a different picture.
"We're excited to play every night and excited to get back in this thing, and working hard to get there. We lost the special teams battle tonight, and that was the difference in the hockey game."
As he spoke, roughly 15 stone-faced Ducks sat silently at their stalls, staring straight ahead as they contemplated the ramifications of a 1-3 week that served as a major emotional blow to the club's outside chance at making the playoffs.
Looking to become the first team in NHL history to erase a 20-point deficit before reaching the playoffs no team had erased more than a 12-point deficit since conference realignment prior to the 1993-94 season the Ducks pulled to within four points of a playoff spot after a 3-2 shootout win in Carolina on February 23, but have since been unsuccessful in closing the gap any further. With 16 games remaining, they're seven points behind eighth-place Dallas, which has a game in hand. Four teams separate them from the final playoff berth.
Anaheim's 18-6-4 record since January 4 has been an admirable achievement, but silver linings don't get teams into the playoffs.
"It's a tough one," Getzlaf said. "You know what, we're pretty disappointed in this locker room, mostly with our effort. We weren't as good as we needed to be to play tonight. They came out and played a strong game, and we didn't respond the way we needed to, especially our special teams."
As composed as Getzlaf has been all season long, Bruce Boudreau was as equally steamed Saturday. Venting frustration over several borderline calls assessed by referees Dan O'Rourke and Ian Walsh, including a questionable slashing penalty on Luca Sbisa as he defended Jeff Carter in a one-on-one rush into the Ducks zone, Anaheim's coach will likely be hearing from the NHL in regards to his harsh criticism of the way the game was called.
"Our special teams were horrible. We can't kill a penalty and we can't score a goal on the power play," Boudreau said.
"That being said, they were some of the worst calls that I've seen in a long time. In a game of this importance, we can't have officiating making calls like that. There were three penalties that weren't penalties I know of that we took. Granted, they scored and probably sour grapes that they scored, but those things can't happen. It's too important and there is too much at stake for everybody not coming to do their job, whether it's us guys or whether it's the other guys over there."
"If we are busting our ass all night long and playing our fifth game in seven nights, we needed better from them. I don't know what their schedule is, but if it's four nights in a row or what have you we can't have that. It's just bad calls and I haven't paid too much attention to whether the Kings deserved their calls, but I know the calls on Sbisa's slash, Bonino's interference, and Hagman's trip were not penalties; not even close."
O'Rourke, one half of Saturday's referee assignment, had previously asserted in an Anaheim-Ottawa game in January that Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson was a "diver", as reported by Ken Warren of Senators Extra.
The Ducks are going to have to forget about any perceived officiating injustice quickly, regrouping for a home game Monday against Edmonton before a three-game trip through St. Louis, Dallas and Colorado.
"This is a very tough time for us," defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky said. "We need more wins. It's hard to say something."
NOTES: Devante Smith-Pelly scored his first goal since December 8, a wristshot from the right wing that snuck past Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick. He returned to the lineup on February 21 after breaking a bone in his foot while blocking a shot at the World Junior Championships on December 26. The 19-year old has four goals and seven points in a physical, checking role for Anaheim and was named the game's third star in Anaheim home wins on February 26 against Chicago and March 2 against Calgary. Jonas Hiller made his franchise-record 25th consecutive start. He broke the team's consecutive starts record in Friday's 3-2 win over Calgary. The Ducks were 04 on the power play, while the Kings were 24. Anaheim fell to 1-2-2 against Los Angeles in this year's Freeway Faceoff season series. The teams meet for the final time this season on Friday, March 16 at Honda Center.
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The Edmonton Oilers Twitter account (@NHL_Oilers) caught up with this guy during last night?s 3-1 home loss to Dallas. His name? Kim Martin. Not joking. Now that our meager NHL coverage is out of the way, let?s turn our attention to baseball. The Yankees got started last night with a 11-0 drubbing of USF. The real action gets going today with a full schedule highlighted by Yankees-Phillies. First pitch ? 1:05. Indians-Reds at 3:05. Let?s get rolling!
Filed under: Baseball, Hockey
Filed under: Baseball, Hockey
Kobe: Someone will score 100 points in a game again
Kobe Bryant currently holds the record for the second-most points scored in a single NBA game. Wilt Chamberlain, of course, is the record holder with his astonishing 100-point game back in 1962. Kobe?s 81-point performance happened in 2006, so obviously it is still possible to come close to Wilt in today?s game. That being said, Kobe completely took that game over against the Raptors and still fell 19 points short of the record. For most players, that?s an entire game?s worth of points.
Kobe still insists it will happen.
?It probably won?t happen in our generation or the next, but it will happen,? Bryant said according to the Orange County Register. ?Right place, right time, right team ? the right opponent.?
I wouldn?t be so sure. We all know Michael Jordan thinks he could do it if he played in today?s game, but scoring 100 points in a game is among the list of sports? untouchable records in my opinion. Think about how unbelievable it is when a player scores 50 ? and that?s only halfway there. Kobe has had some tremendous games, but if he hasn?t really come close and Jordan didn?t come close, it?s tough to envision anyone touching that record.
Humans have gotten bigger in general. The thing about Wilt is he was 7 feet tall in an era where people just weren?t that big. The reason he scored 100 points is because his teammates kept dumping it down into the post, where nobody could cover Chamberlain. Kobe scored 81 by catching fire from the floor. Scoring 100 like that would be nearly impossible. Then again, I?ve been wrong before.
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Kobe still insists it will happen.
?It probably won?t happen in our generation or the next, but it will happen,? Bryant said according to the Orange County Register. ?Right place, right time, right team ? the right opponent.?
I wouldn?t be so sure. We all know Michael Jordan thinks he could do it if he played in today?s game, but scoring 100 points in a game is among the list of sports? untouchable records in my opinion. Think about how unbelievable it is when a player scores 50 ? and that?s only halfway there. Kobe has had some tremendous games, but if he hasn?t really come close and Jordan didn?t come close, it?s tough to envision anyone touching that record.
Humans have gotten bigger in general. The thing about Wilt is he was 7 feet tall in an era where people just weren?t that big. The reason he scored 100 points is because his teammates kept dumping it down into the post, where nobody could cover Chamberlain. Kobe scored 81 by catching fire from the floor. Scoring 100 like that would be nearly impossible. Then again, I?ve been wrong before.
H/T Pro Basketball Talk
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Ricky Rubio: The Next Pistol?
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Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRsSUnqWHPk&feature=youtube_gdata
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