All-B1G Awards Handed Out...and Gumbo

Tonight, a loud chorus of whining could be heard from Bloomington all the way North into Park Ridge, Illinois as the All-B1G teams were announced...and Hummel, Jackson and Byrd all received some booty...sweet, sweet booty.

Coaches:
Hummel (Sr)
Green (Sr)
Shurna (Sr)
Taylor (Sr)
Sullinger (So)

Media:
Hummel
Green
Shurna
Sullinger
Frazier (Jr)

Awards??

In spite of being back, no IU players were named to either team and their coach wasn't named as the conference's best, Izzo was. But, Zeller (deservedly) received the Frosh of the year award from the coaches. Burke received the same award from the media. Craft was defensive player of the year, and Green was the conference's POY.

Hummel became only the 12th player in the history of the conference to be first team B1G three times.  He also was a Sportsmanship Honoree. His stats tell the story:

-4th in scoring in the league
-4th in rebounding
-4th in FT%
-4th in defensive rebounds
-6th in 3pt made
-6th in blocked shots
(all while not in the top-10 in minutes)


Along with Hummel, Byrd received some props- he was named the 6th man of the year...and LewJack was named to the Honorable Mention team.

Congrats
We didn't give them props, but the Boiler women won the B1G tourney and became B1G Champs.  Good for them.  Around BS, we're not women's basketball fans...but as we always say, if Purdue is doing something, we want it to be done well...The Lady Boilers did just that last weekend. Congrats to Coach Versyp, Brittany Rayburn and co.

They're Rich, B*tch!
While it might be considered a bit of a slap in the face to handsome Drew Brees, it's a lucrative one.  Brees, Avril and Spencer were all given with the franchise tag...which made them all wealthier in one season than J and I combined for our life's earnings (and J is a big deal, for those of you outside of NYC).

Good Guys Finishing First (team & second...and honorable mention)

"Are you flippin' serious? No JJ on the first team?!?"

I'm not a glass is half-empty guy...but how JJ was kept off of the A-BT first team is beyond me. No matter. It's pretty awesome to see so many Purdue guys gaining hardware for their trophy cases.

All Big Ten First Team
Ostrich
Smooge

All Big Ten Second Team
JJ

All Big Ten Honorable Mention
CK3

BT Defensive Player of the Year
CK3

All Freshman Team
Kelsey Barlow

Coach of the Year
Matty Painter

Purdue should strive for nothing less than the entire starting five from our beloved Boilers being the All-BT first team squad...Mr. Jackson & Mr. Johnson, we'll be holding your table.

Not Bad For a Role Player

As has been pointed out before, a know-nothing clown who can barely bang out coherent sentences and yet still works as a journalist, once said that he wasn't impressed with Robbie Hummel and that he's likely be a "role player" and unlikely to get any serious minutes until maybe his junior or senior seasons.

Well, Role Player Rob has been selected as one of only 50 players from across the nation to earn a place on the Naismith Trophy 2009-10 preseason watch list.

The watch list was compiled by the club's Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on players' performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2009-10 season. The 50-player watch list featured 33 upperclassmen, including 19 seniors and 14 juniors.

Not bad for a guy not good enough to go to IU.

Another tidbit to share is the Rivals/Yahoo Big Ten "League Preview," which isn't all that long for a preview and doesn't talk much about Purdue at all, except to say they'll finish second in the league and that JaJuan Johnson and Robbie Hummel are first team, all-conference, and E'Twaun Moore is second-team, all-conference.

Boilermaker Hoops Picked for Second Place; Hummel All-Big Ten

Chris Kramer laughs at your selections, Terry.

For those not following today's Big Ten basketball media day closely, the Boilermakers were a consensus pick -- for second place. I don't know about you, but I really don't care about this. In fact, if it takes any kind of a target off their backs for a little while, so be it.

Another miscellaneous tidbit, as a regular reader pointed out in the comments of another post, Smilin' Terry Hutchens did not pick JJ or Robbie for his preseason all-Big Ten team.... and sadly, that bumbling clown gets a vote. Well, the votes were tabulated and thankfully other people do realize how good Sir Hummel is and he made first team.

More Accolades

The first All-Big Ten Team (that I've seen) was released this morning courtesy of Rivals.com. Here's how it shook out:

G Jamar Butler (aOSU)
G Eric Gordon (IU)
F D.J. White (IU)
F Brian Butch (Wisconsin)
F Robbie Hummel (the Purdue University)

I'm not going to talk about the second team, as I think it's a horrible joke...but E'Twaun Moore was named to the all-Frosh team, as was Hummel.

Lastly, but surely not least, Painter was named Rivals Coach of the Year...should be the first of many of such award for the coach.

Nicely done, young bucks.