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The Big Ten Conference announced its awards on Tuesday afternoon and the regular season champion Michigan Wolverines were well-represented in most areas. The most notable hardware handed out went to Juwan Howard, who was named the Coach of the Year in the conference by both the coaches and media. Hunter Dickinson was named the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year in both selections, as well.
The coaches selected Dickinson, Isaiah Livers and Franz Wagner to the All-Big Ten second team. Dickinson was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the media, while Livers and Wagner were selected to the second and third teams, respectively.
There were some major omissions, however. Michigan possesses a defense that ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten on KenPom, yet there was not a single Wolverine that was voted to the All-Defensive Team. The Wolverines have a handful of players that could have gotten the nod, but the most glaring player left out was Wagner.
A list of every Big Ten player since 2009 with a defensive box plus/minus of at least 5, steal rate of at least 3, and block rate of at least 2.5
— Brandon Simberg (@BrandonSimberg) March 8, 2021
Franz Wagner, 2021 B10 DPOY.
(Also Draymond doing that for 3 years is just incredible). pic.twitter.com/IgN2gH2nPc
These awards are ultimately window dressing, but it is unfortunate when they go to the wrong people. However, it was great to see Michigan represented nonetheless.
Here is the full list of Big Ten awards handed out on Tuesday.
(All caps denotes unanimous decisions)
2020-21 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team
As selected by Big Ten coaches
FIRST TEAM
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
AYO DOSUNMU, ILLINOIS
LUKA GARZA, IOWA
E.J. Liddell, Ohio State
Trevion Williams, Purdue
SECOND TEAM
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
Isaiah Livers, Michigan
Franz Wagner, Michigan
THIRD TEAM
Marcus Carr, Minnesota
Aaron Henry, Michigan State
Duane Washington Jr., Ohio State
Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers
D’Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin
HONORABLE MENTION
Trent Frazier, Illinois
Jordan Bohannon, Iowa
Eric Ayala, Maryland
Aaron Wiggins, Maryland
Geo Baker, Rutgers
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Andre Curbelo, Illinois
Keegan Murray, Iowa
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
Zach Edey, Purdue
Jaden Ivey, Purdue
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Trent Frazier, Illinois
Darryl Morsell, Maryland
Aaron Henry, Michigan State
Jamari Wheeler, Penn State
Myles Johnson, Rutgers
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Luka Garza, Iowa
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Darryl Morsell, Maryland
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR:
Andre Curbelo, Illinois
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Juwan Howard, Michigan
2020-21 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Trent Frazier, Illinois; Aljami Durham, Indiana; CJ Fredrick, Iowa; Darryl Morsell, Maryland; Austin Davis, Michigan; Joshua Langford, Michigan State; Gabe Kalscheur, Minnesota; Thorir Thorbjarnarson, Nebraska; Ryan Greer, Northwestern; Kyle Young, Ohio State; John Harrar, Penn State; Sasha Stefanovic, Purdue; Paul Mulcahy, Rutgers; Carter Higginbottom, Wisconsin.
2020-21 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team
As selected by Media Voting Panel
FIRST TEAM
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
AYO DOSUNMU, ILLINOIS
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
LUKA GARZA, IOWA
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
SECOND TEAM
Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
Isaiah Livers, Michigan
Marcus Carr, Minnesota
E.J. Liddell, Ohio State
Trevion Williams, Purdue
THIRD TEAM
Franz Wagner, Michigan
Aaron Henry, Michigan State
Duane Washington Jr., Ohio State
Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers
D’Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin
HONORABLE MENTION
Trent Frazier, Illinois
Jordan Bohannon, Iowa
CJ Fredrick, Iowa
Eric Ayala, Maryland
Darryl Morsell, Maryland
Aaron Wiggins, Maryland
Teddy Allen, Nebraska
John Harrar, Penn State
Myreon Jones, Penn State
Myles Johnson, Rutgers
Jacob Young, Rutgers
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Luka Garza, Iowa
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Juwan Howard, Michigan