GW0509 wrote:

3 Bid League's A10 Media Awards

All-Media First Team: DaRon Holmes II, Dayton Yuri Collins, Saint Louis Ace Baldwin, VCU James Bishop IV, GW Josh Oduro, George Mason

Second Team: Toumani Camara, Dayton Tyler Burton, Richmond Darius Quisenberry, Fordham Erik Reynolds II, Saint Joseph's Dae Dae Grant, Duquesne

All-Media Third Team: Khalid Moore, Fordham Foster Loyer, Davidson Brendan Adams, GW Jalen DeLoach, VCU Sam Mennenga, Davidson

All-Defense: Ace Baldwin, VCU DaRon Holmes II, Dayton Tre Clark, Duquesne Kyle Rose, Fordham Toumani Camara, Dayton (tie) Jalen DeLoach, VCU (tie)

Player of the Year: DaRon Holmes II, Dayton Rookie of the Year: Maximus Edwards, GW Defensive Player of the Year: Ace Baldwin, VCU 6th Man of the Year: Javon Pickett, Saint Louis Most Improved: Brendan Adams, GW Coach of the Year: Keith Urgo, Fordham 

Transfer of the Year: Khalid Moore, Fordham, and Dae Dae Grant, Duquesne Sharpshooter of the Year: Erik Reynolds II, Saint Joseph's Glue Guy of the Year: Toumani Camara, Dayton, and Kyle Rose, Fordham Game of the Year: VCU @ Dayton

Those look pretty spot on.   The actual awards are announced right before the A10 Tourney I believe?   

Lot of Hardware for GW.   If there was such a thing as Most Improved Team I'd put Hunter Dean too

Official A-10 Awards: Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men’s Basketball Honors; Fordham’s Urgo Claims Coach of the Year - Atlantic 10

POY: Ace Baldwin, VCU
COY: Keith Urgo, Fordham
ROY: Max Edwards, GW
MIP: Brendan Adams, GW
6MOY: Josh Nickelberry, La Salle

First Team: Baldwin, Camara, Holmes, Bishop, Collins, Oduro
Second Team: Loyer, Grant, Quisenberry, Burton, Reynolds, Jimerson 
Third Team: Adams, Mennenga, Moore, Banks, DeLoach, Johns

Academic Team: Jimerson, Adams, Loyer, Grace, Bailey, Jr.
Defense: Camara, Holmes, Collins, Baldwin, Clark, Rose
Rookie: Edwards, Sharavjamts, Schweiger, Luis, Farrell

 

Last edited by GW0509 (3/07/2023 10:23 am)

Agree with gwfan25. Proud of those three guys and hard to argue with their places on any of those teams. Also agree that Ace Baldwin for POTY is slightly puzzling. He had a great year, no doubt, but I would have probably put him 3rd on my list.

gwfan25 wrote:

JB - 1st team all conference, BA- 3rd team all conference + MIP,  MAX - A10 rookie of the year

Really happy for our guys, shoutout to the coaching staff for helping them make these big leaps. 

Can't say I agree with Ace Baldwin as POTY though. 

Agree, and also think that JB got robbed!  In any case, this season and these awards are a reflection on the players and coaching staff....the future is bright.  

Too bad we don't see the scoring of votes or number of votes.

Pretty stunned to see Baldwin take POY ahead of Holmes.  Looks like the POY consideration was more than a two player race, let alone a one player race.  Looks like the consolation to Dayton was to make sure that Camara joined Holmes on the first team.  Agree with FQ that voterrs took the easy way out.  Rather than decide on who really was the best player, it was simply easier to select the best player on the best team.  Have to believe that's clearly what happened here.

Congratulations to James, Brendan and Max on their respective awards/designations.  Would love to see Coach of the Year voting to see if CC received any votes/where he finished.

Great to see the individual seasons of so many GW guys honored.

Concur clearly about Ace Baldwin over JBIV.

Has GW ever had a season with so much hardware handed out?

Guess that means JBIV has to come back next year to win conference player of the year. A fan can dream, right?