Gophers Mbakwe, Hollins earn Big Ten Honors

8:31 PM, Mar 11, 2013   |    comments
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Two members of the Minnesota Golden Gophers are among the players that earned Big Ten honors on Monday.

Trevor Mbakwe was named to the Big Ten's second team by the media and third team by the coaches. Mbakwe averaged 10 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.

Guard Andre Hollins received honorable mention from the coaches and third team honors by the media. He averaged 13.9 points per game. He also was one of 12 winners of the conference's sportsmanship award.

Michigan point guard Trey Burke has been named Big Ten player of the year by both a media panel and league coaches.

Burke and Indiana's Victor Oladipo are also considered national player of the year candidates. Indiana edged Michigan 72-71 on Sunday to win the outright conference title.

The media's All-Big Ten first team is Burke, Oladipo, Cody Zeller of Indiana and Aaron Craft and Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State. The coaches went with almost the same exact group, except Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. replaced Craft.

Both the media and the coaches named Gary Harris of Michigan State freshman of the year and Bo Ryan of Wisconsin coach of the year.

Oladipo was named defensive player of the year by the coaches.

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