Downey all-district

In an earlier blog post, I printed my ballot for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s All-District awards. Well, those tallies are now in.

Devan Downey made the 10-member All-District III team, which includes North and South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.

The other players to make the list:

Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford
Jon Scheyer, Duke
Kyle Singler, Duke
Nolan Smith, Duke
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland

Vasquez was named the District Player of the Year, and Maryland’s Gary Williams got Coach of the Year.

My vote went to Vasquez for POY, but I voted Coastal Carolina’s Cliff Ellis as COY. I also voted for eight of the eventual 10 district team members; Booker and Singler were not on my ballot, instead I had Morgan State’s Reggie Holmes and VCU’s Larry Sanders. (Yeah, I guess I soft spot for the mid-majors.)

The USBWA All-America team will be announced Monday.

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4 Comments to “Downey all-district”

Lloyd Braun 9 March 2010 at 1:40 pm #

Wait, Seth, you mean to say Vasquez was named district player of the year? Really? Weren’t you accused of just voting for a guy who went to your school when 2 days ago you voted him as your District Player of the Year? Boy, you really dont know what you are talking about.
te1441 9 March 2010 at 2:51 pm #

Well played, Lloyd. Also note Gary Williams won COY and Seth did not vote for him. Seth is on the up and up and does a nice job with basketball coverage.

Congrats to Devan for making All-District.
hoyt holden 10 March 2010 at 12:08 pm #

Antime Maryland reaps conference awards, you just know A.She.She basketball is as pathetic as A.She.She football!
caleb 10 March 2010 at 1:03 pm #

yeah that makes sense, It’s not like Maryland just won a national championship 2002. I’m an ACC hater like the rest of you guys, but don’t be stupid, you’re already on the computer, just use google.