BASKETBALL King, Potts and Dixon receive C-USA honors

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Blue Raider trio earn all-conference honors

The full all-conference, all-defensive and all-freshman teams are listed below. The league's Freshman of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year will be announced tomorrow with Player of the Year and Coach of the Year announcements following on Wednesday.

All-Conference First Team
Jon Elmore, Marshall
Nick King, Middle Tennessee
Ahmad Caver, Old Dominion
Chris Cokley, UAB
Justin Johnson, WKU

All-Conference Second Team
C.J. Burks, Marshall
Giddy Potts, Middle Tennessee
Roosevelt Smart, North Texas
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Darius Thompson, WKU

All-Conference Third Team
Brian Beard Jr., FIU
Ronald Delph, Florida Atlantic
Jacobi Boykins, Louisiana Tech
Adjin Penava, Marshall
B.J. Stith, Old Dominion

All-Defensive Team
Brian Beard Jr., FIU
Adjin Penava, Marshall
Tyrik Dixon, Middle Tennessee
Ahmad Caver, Old Dominion
William Lee, UAB

All-Freshman Team
Anthony Duruji, LA Tech
Zack Bryant, UAB
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Keaton Wallace, UTSA
Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU

 

[dukewayne]

Good for the players to get some recognition. King and Potts were expected. Good to see Dixon get credit for his defensive tenacity.

Good grief, the core of Marshall team's and top players and all conference players are all going to be back next year for a senior season. I'm guessing Marshall will looking to have a big season next year.

What about UTSA with 2 on the all freshman team. You have to think that team's future looks pretty bright.

Hopefully, the conference as a whole will make another good step forward as the overall conference did this year. Hopefully next year C-USA can get back to pushing into the top 10 of overall conference ranking. Two of the bottom performers this year will both have new coaches next year to go along with the tons of potential their overall programs already possess, that is UTEP & Charlotte. They will be back. Southern Miss will be better with already some decent players and NCAA sanctions timing out. As with this season, the top of the conference teams should all be able to continue to compete and improve.