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2010 CollegeHoops.net Mid-Major All-Americans

CHN — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:47:47 -0800

Being the best player on a Top 15 team is a recipe for earning CollegeHoops.net's Mid-Major Player of the Year honors. Gordon Hayward averaged 15.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg, and 1.8 apg in leading Butler to a 28-4 record. He's joined on the Mid-Major First Team by CAA Player of the Year Charles Jenkins, Cornell leader Ryan Wittman, and big men Keith Benson of Oakland and Art Parakouski of Radford.

Butler has three players on the list: Hayward, 2nd teamer Shelvin Mack, and Honorable Mention Matt Howard. Other teams with multiple players include Cornell (Wittman & Jeff Foote), IUPUI (Alex Young & Robert Glenn), Northeastern (Matt Janning & Chaisson Allen) Siena (Ryan Franklin & Ryan Rossiter),

CollegeHoops.net Mid-Major Player of the Year:

Gordon Hayward, Butler, So

CollegeHoops.net First-Team Mid-Major All-America
G Charles Jenkins, Hofstra
G Gordon Hayward, Butler
G/F Ryan Wittman, Cornell
F Keith Benson, Oakland
C Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford

Second-Team Mid-Major All-America

G Shelvin Mack, Butler
G CJ McCollumn, Lehigh
F Kenneth Faired, Morehead St
F Alex Young, IUPUI
C Adnan Hodzic, Lipscomb

Third-Team Mid-Major All-America
G David Kool, Western Michigan
G Damian Lillard, Weber St
F Marqus Blakely, Vermont
F Larry Sanders, VCU
F Alex Franklin, Siena

Fourth-Team Mid-Major All-America

G Gerald Lee, Old Dominion

G Matt Janning, Northeastern

F Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette
F Charles Garcia, Seattle
F Orlando Johnson, UCSB

Honorable Mention

Chaisson Allen, Northeastern

Noah Dahlman, Wofford
Rahmon Fletcher, UWGB
Jeff Foote, Cornell

Robert Glenn, IUPUI

Andrew Goudelock, Charleston

Joseph Harris, Coastal Carolina
Marquez Haynes, UT-Arlington

John Holland, Boston U

Reggie Holmes, Morgan St

Anthony Johnson, Montana

Matt Howard, Butler

Jeremy Lin, Harvard

Ashton Mitchell, Sam Houston St

Derek Needham, Fairfield

TJ Robinson, LBSU

Ryan Rossiter, Siena
David Schneider, William & Mary

Chris Singletary, Kent St
AJ Slaughter, Western Kentucky
Ben Smith, Jacksonville
Ryan Thompson, Rider

G Dominic Waters, Portland St

College Basketball: Preseason Mid-Major All-Americans

CHN — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:58 -0800

CollegeHoops.net's Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team is led by one of the few underclassmen on the list, Butler's Gordon Hayward. Hayward is joined on the First Team by teammate Matt Howard. Boston U, Butler, Cornell, Gonzaga are the only teams with multiple players.

CollegeHoops.net Preseason Mid-Major Player of the Year: Gordon Hayward (Butler)

CollegeHoops.net First Team Mid-Major All-America

Matt Bouldin	Gonzaga	SR	G
Gordon Hayward	Butler	SO	G
Ryan Wittman	Cornell	SR	F
Matt Howard	Butler	JR	F
Marqus Blakely	Vermont	SR	F

CollegeHoops.net Second Team Mid-Major All-America

AJ Slaughter	Western Kentucky	SR	G
Charles Jenkins	Hofstra	JR	G
Larry Sanders	VCU	SR	F
Kenneth Faried	Morehead State	JR	F/C
Art Parakhouski	Radford	SR	C

CollegeHoops.net Third Team Mid-Major All-America

Ben Smith	Jacksonville	SR	G
Edwin Ubiles	Siena	SR	G/F
Ryan Thompson	Rider	SR	F
Kyle Austin	UC-Riverside	JR	F
Omar Samhan	Saint Mary's	SR	C

CollegeHoops.net Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American

Darion Anderson	Northern Illinois	JR	G
Keith Benson	Oakland	JR	C
Zahir Carrington	Lehigh	SR	F/C
Louis Dale	Cornell	SR	G
Devin Gibson	Texas-San Antonio	JR	G
Jeremy Goode	Mount Saint Mary's	SR	G
Andrew Goudelock	Charleston	JR	G
Steven Gray	Gonzaga	JR	G
Brandon Hazzard	Troy	SR	G
John Holland	Boston U	JR	G/F
Brandon Johnson	San Diego	SR	G
Corey Lowe	Boston U	SR	G
Dior Lowhorn	San Francisco	SR	F
Matt Janning	Northeastern	SR	G
Anthony Johnson	Montana	SR	G
Gerald Lee	Old Dominion	SR	F
Tyrone Lewis	Niagara	SR	G
Grant Maxey	Jackson State	SR	F
Harouna Mutombo	Western Carolina	SO	G
Kevin Palmer	TAMU-Corpus Christi	SR	G/F
Rodney Pierce	Buffalo	SR	G
Jonathan Rodriguez	Campbell	SR	F
Desmond Yates	Middle Tennessee St	SR	F

Other CollegeHoops.net Preseason Awards

- National All-Americans

- High-Major All-Americans (A10, CUSA, MVC, MWC, WAC)

- Preseason All-Freshman Team

Butler Basketball Preview: #11

Joel Welser — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:40:01 -0800

Overall Rank: #11

Conference Rank: #1 Horizon League

2008-09: 26-6, 15-3

2008-09 postseason: NCAA

Coach: Brad Stevens (56-10 at Butler, 56-10 overall)

Coach Brad Stevens has lost a grand total of ten games during his two years at Butler. That average of five losses per season could become even more impressive after year three. The Bulldogs return absolutely everybody from a team that was given a nine seed in the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to LSU.

Key Losses: none

Key Newcomers:

With nine players back who averaged ten minutes per game or more, it will be difficult for the newcomers to make much of an impact. However, the Bulldogs could always use some more size and Andrew Smith and Emerson Kampen should provide just that. Smith, a true freshman, is 6-11 and 239 pounds, making him the biggest player on the roster and Kampen, a walk-on who turned down scholarship offers from other schools, is 6-9. The other newcomer is redshirt guard Chase Stigall who could be a steady contributor in the future.

Backcourt:

Starters Shelvin Mack and Ronald Nored were big surprises for Butler during the 2008-2009 campaign. Nobody really expected the freshmen to step in and immediately be so productive. Mack is the more dynamic scorer of the two after averaging 11.9 points per game. His outside shooting was a little inconsistent at times, but Mack was still second on the team with 1.8 three-pointers per contest. Just as importantly, Mack dished out 3.5 assists and grabbed 4.4 rebounds per game. Nored started all 32 games, but he averaged just 4.2 points per game. He is a solid ballhandler and will only get better with experience. The elder statesman of the backcourt is Willie Veasley. The 6-3 senior is a versatile glue guy who averaged 8.9 points and 4.3 rebounds last season.

Frontcourt:

The frontcourt has two superstars if you count Gordon Hayward as a frontcourt player. The 6-9 wing was yet another freshman who exceeded expectations and tallied 13.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and proved to be a superb outside shooter. His presence made things much easier for Matt Howard, who was named the Horizon League’s Player of the Year last season and Newcomer of the Year two years ago. During the 2008-2009 campaign Howard led the team with 14.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. Howard will be the go-to-scorer once again, but that may change as the rest of the team gets more experienced. With Avery Jukes and Garrett Butcher joining the newcomers, the frontcourt has more than enough depth.

Who to Watch:

However, depth in the backcourt is a minor issue. Since Nored is not much of a scorer, somebody needs to step up and provide a spark off the bench. Zach Hahn did a decent job of filling that role last year, connecting on 41.0 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc, but Shawn Vanzant and Grant Leiendecker both have the potential to play a significant role if they can score more consistently.

Final Projection:

There is nothing stopping this team from winning 25 games again. The Horizon League is not too bad, so they might not cruise through the conference, but Butler fans should hope their conference can do better as a whole this time around or Butler will once again lose just a handful of games and then be stuck with an eight or nine seed when they deserve a three or four seed.

Projected Post-season Tournament: NCAA

Projected Starting Five:

Shelvin Mack, Sophomore, Guard, 11.9 points per game

Ronald Nored, Sophomore, Guard, 4.2 points per game

Willie Veasley, Senior, Guard, 8.9 points per game

Gordon Hayward, Sophomore, Forward, 13.1 points per game

Matt Howard, Junior, Forward, 14.8 points per game

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