Purdue’s Braden Smith headlines All-Big Ten teams
BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ
Purdue’s award season hot streak continues as Braden Smith earns the program its third consecutive Big Ten Player of the Year award. Here is how the Big Ten awards were dealt.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Braden Smith, Purdue
DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Derik Queen, Maryland
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Will Riley, Illinois
COACH OF THE YEAR
Tom Izzo, Michigan State
FIRST TEAM
Derik Queen, Maryland
Brice Williams, Nebraska
TREY KAUFMAN-RENN, Purdue
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue
JOHN TONJE, Wisconsin
SECOND TEAM
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
THIRD TEAM
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jaden Akins, Michigan State
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
DERIK QUEEN, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
These awards were selected via voting from the Big Ten conference coaches. Izzo led Michigan State to its 17th Big Ten regular season championship, winning his third Big Ten Coach of the Year award.
The Big Ten tournament will begin on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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