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Bobcat1998

3/8/2022 12:33 PM

With CeCe getting First Team, Erica J Third Team and Gabby Burris Honorable Mention along with CeCe getting Co-Defensive Player of the Year, what are your thoughts on the men's side?

Mark Sears, First Team
Ben Vander Plas, Second or Third Team
Tommy Schmock, 6th Man

What do you do with Jason Carter? How about All-Defensive? Anybody? Carter? Miles? Mark?

Coach of the Year has to be Sendy or Kowalzcyk right?

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Alan Swank

3/8/2022 6:31 PM

It all depends on how many guards they put on the first team. If it's guard heavy (4) Sears definitely makes it. BVP second team. Nothing for third or defense. Maybe Smock for 6th man if they have one.

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GoCats105

3/9/2022 10:13 AM

They just annoucned it.

Sears and BVP, 1st team

Carter, 3rd team

POTY: Sincere Carry, Kent St
COTY: Rob Senderoff, Kent St
6th Man: Justyn Hamilton, Kent St

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Andrew Ruck

3/9/2022 10:27 AM

Wow, that is awesome for BVP. I definitely did not expect that.

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Eagle66

3/9/2022 10:30 AM

2021-22 MAC Men’s Basketball Postseason Awards

Coach of the Year: Rob Senderoff, Kent State
Player of the Year: Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State
Freshman of the Year: Payton Sparks, Fr., C, Ball State
Defensive Player of the Year: Enrique Freeman, So., F, Akron
Sixth Man of the Year: Justyn Hamilton, R-Sr., F, Kent State

All-MAC First Team
Jeenathan Williams, Sr., F, Buffalo
Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State
Mark Sears, So., G, Ohio
Ben Vander Plas, R-Sr., F, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, So., G, Toledo

All-MAC Second Team
Ali Ali, So., F, Akron
Enrique Freeman, So., F, Akron
Josh Mballa, Sr., F, Buffalo
Ronaldo Segu, Sr., G, Buffalo
JT Shumate, Jr., F, Toledo

All-MAC Third Team
Payton Sparks, Fr., C, Ball State
Daeqwon Plowden, 5th-Sr., G/F, Bowling Green
Jason Carter, 5th-Sr., F, Ohio
Setric Millner Jr., Jr., F, Toledo
Lamar Norman Jr., Jr., G, Western Michigan

Honorable Mention
Xavier Castaneda, Jr., G, Akron
Kevin Miller, Fr., G, Central Michigan
Malique Jacobs, R-Jr., F, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Jr., G, Miami
Keshawn Williams, So., G, Northern Illinois

All-Freshman Team
Payton Sparks, C, Ball State
Jaylin Sellers, G, Ball State
Kevin Miller, G, Central Michigan
Mo Njie, C, Eastern Michigan
Ra’Heim Moss, G, Toledo

All-Defensive Team
Enrique Freeman, So., F, Akron
Daeqwon Plowden, 5th-Sr., G/F, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Sr., F, Buffalo
Malique Jacobs, R-Jr., F, Kent State
Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2022/3/9/2021-22-mens-basketball-postseason-awards-announced.aspx

Last Edited: 3/9/2022 10:31:57 AM by Eagle66

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bobcatsquared

3/9/2022 10:41 AM

The all-frosh team may be as good as we've seen in some time. And it doesn't include Farrahkan, who is listed as a freshman on the EMU roster and may be better than the five on the list.

Unfortunately for the MAC, in 2022 there's no guarantee these players will be back next year, let alone 3 more years.

Last Edited: 3/9/2022 10:43:25 AM by bobcatsquared

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Buckeye to Bobcat

3/9/2022 10:45 AM

Only one I'd argue was as good was Shumate from Toledo. Should be a very entertaining 3 days in Cleveland

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GoCats105

3/9/2022 10:50 AM

Guess that 12 game win streak Kent State is currently on really turned some heads.

Regarding the freshmen team: that's gotta be the first time in a while that "West" teams swept that.

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bobcatsquared

3/9/2022 10:50 AM

Shumate has a strong statistical argument over BVP for 1st team.

Shumate edges BVP in scoring (+2), blocks (+0.8), FG% (57 to 43); 3FG% (51 to 34) and FT% (84 to 74).

BVP leads Shumate in Reb (+0.6), steals (+1.2) and assists (+1.3).

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Eagle66

3/9/2022 11:03 AM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

I thought it would have been Freeman first team over both of them, but can’t argue with any of them getting last last spot. I’m sure the voting for the 5th spot was very tight.

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SBH

3/9/2022 11:13 AM

Surprised Todd K. wasn't coach of the year. Perhaps he's not well liked by his peers. Wouldn't be surprised.

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Recovering Journalist

3/9/2022 11:46 AM

I think the first team for BVP was a lifetime achievement award and bit of historical preference to seniors in this category. He's had a great year but there were better choices for the first team.

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bobcatsquared

3/9/2022 12:57 PM

A third and final observation: these teams are typically dominated by seniors. However, the 15 players on the three teams this year include 6 seniors, 4 juniors, 4 sophomores and 1 freshman.

Typically this bodes well for the future of the conference. Unfortunately, you can't rely on this metric in 2022 with the abundance of players entering the portal.

Last Edited: 3/9/2022 1:09:45 PM by bobcatsquared

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RufusCat09

3/9/2022 3:11 PM

Here I am thinking it's a two way battle for MAC player of the year between Sears and Rollins but I do think it's well deserved for Carry with the way he and Kent State have been playing lately.

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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame

3/9/2022 8:05 PM

Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more

Wow, that is awesome for BVP. I definitely did not expect that.

With the caveat that I didn't watch any MAC games that didn't involve Ohio, I'll say that BVP was one of the 2 or 3 best players on the floor in every conference game this season. I'm not wildly surprised.

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Eagle66

3/10/2022 8:40 AM

The Toledo press release had the voting totals for the individual awards... LINK

No votes for Sears for POY or Boals for COY. How does anyone in good conscience vote Whitford??

Also of note that Tommy finished 3rd in the 6th Man of theyear voting.

[quote]Player of the Year (First-Place Votes): Sincere Carry, Kent State (7); Ryan Rollins, Toledo (3); Jeenathan Williams, Buffalo (2)

Coach of the Year (First-Place Votes): Rob Senderoff, Kent State (7); Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo (3); Tony Barbee, Central Michigan (1); James Whitford, Ball State (1)

Freshman of the Year (First-Place Votes): Payton Sparks, Ball State (8); Kevin Miller, Central Michigan (3); Ra'Heim Moss, Toledo (1)

Sixth Man of the Year (First-Place Votes): Justyn Hamilton, Kent State (5), Harrison Henderson, CMU (3); Tommy Schmock, Ohio (2); Mikal Dawson, Akron (1); Isaiah Coleman-Lands, Miami (1)

Defensive Player of the Year (First-Place Votes): Enrique Freeman, Akron (7); Malique Jacobs, Kent State (3); Ra'Heim Moss, Toledo (1); Trendon Hankerson, NIU (1)[/OUTER_QUOTE]

Last Edited: 3/10/2022 8:44:42 AM by Eagle66

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Andrew Ruck

3/10/2022 9:00 AM

SBH wrote:expand_more

Surprised Todd K. wasn't coach of the year. Perhaps he's not well liked by his peers. Wouldn't be surprised.

Coach of the Year, in all sports, has morphed into the "Coach of the team who exceeded expectations" award. In that sense, Todd K definitely had an argument, but I think the voters were enchanted by the turnaround of Kent. Essentially Todd K was punished for having his team playing well all season / Sendy was rewarded for having his team struggling at the start of conference play.

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IceCat76

3/10/2022 9:17 AM

Eagle66 wrote:expand_more

The Toledo press release had the voting totals for the individual awards... https://utrockets.com/news/2022/3/9/mens-basketball-four-...
No votes for Sears for POY or Boals for COY. How does anyone in good conscience vote Whitford??
Also of note that Tommy finished 3rd in the 6th Man of theyear voting.

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Player of the Year (First-Place Votes): Sincere Carry, Kent State (7); Ryan Rollins, Toledo (3); Jeenathan Williams, Buffalo (2)

Coach of the Year (First-Place Votes): Rob Senderoff, Kent State (7); Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo (3); Tony Barbee, Central Michigan (1); James Whitford, Ball State (1)

Freshman of the Year (First-Place Votes): Payton Sparks, Ball State (8); Kevin Miller, Central Michigan (3); Ra'Heim Moss, Toledo (1)

Sixth Man of the Year (First-Place Votes): Justyn Hamilton, Kent State (5), Harrison Henderson, CMU (3); Tommy Schmock, Ohio (2); Mikal Dawson, Akron (1); Isaiah Coleman-Lands, Miami (1)

Defensive Player of the Year (First-Place Votes): Enrique Freeman, Akron (7); Malique Jacobs, Kent State (3); Ra'Heim Moss, Toledo (1); Trendon Hankerson, NIU (1)

Obviously one can't be sure. but I would venture a guess that Kowalczyk and Senderoff's votes went to Barbee and Whitford.
Don't know if a coach can't vote for their own players or not, but the random votes are typically because a coach doesn't want to vote against their players or themselves.

I can speak from experience. Back around 2005 my team went 18-0-2 in the reg season. I had the Mass D2 POY on my team. When the coaches met to chose awards my state POY was left off three ballots. He still won the Conf POY with 7 of 10 first place votes, but it was obvious a cabal tried to torpedo his selection.

Last Edited: 3/10/2022 9:34:53 AM by IceCat76

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spongeBOB CATpants

3/10/2022 12:04 PM

JT Shumate was the real defensive POY, change my mind.

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bobcatsquared

3/10/2022 12:42 PM

I'm as big a JT Shumate fan on this board, but I'm not sure I'd select Shumate over Freeman . . . change my mind.

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spongeBOB CATpants

3/10/2022 1:36 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

I'm as big a JT Shumate fan on this board, but I'm not sure I'd select Shumate over Freeman . . . change my mind.

7 blocks against Ohio and countless altered shots, we made him look like the Guardian of Rims.

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bobcatsquared

3/10/2022 3:39 PM

These awards are for a 20-game season.

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BryanHall

3/10/2022 7:37 PM

Recovering Journalist wrote:expand_more

I think the first team for BVP was a lifetime achievement award and bit of historical preference to seniors in this category. He's had a great year but there were better choices for the first team.

I remember Paul Baron getting named to the first team in the 80s and I thought the same thing. You can't keep sentiment out of these awards.

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MonroeClassmate

3/11/2022 9:06 AM

If you are the coach and picking the team you wanted on the floor, would you go three guards OR would you bump Sears and go with a bigger line-up, Freeman?

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spongeBOB CATpants

3/11/2022 9:15 AM

bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more

These awards are for a 20-game season.

Oh I thought it was decided by one game against Ohio...