All-MAC Men's Basketball teams announced

The ALL-MAC and All-MAC Freshmen teams were announced today, concluding a round of awards announcements in advance of the start of the conference tournaments.

Not surprisingly, BG did not get much.  Scott Thomas received honorable mention status, and no BG freshmen was honored.  I have no quibbles with this.  Below are the team lists, with any uninformed commentary attached.

All-MAC First Team

Jimmy Conyers, Akron
Rodney Pierce, Buffalo
Kenny Hayes, Miami
David Kool, Western Michigan
Chris Singletary, Kent State

It is hard to argue with any of these players.  Conyers was the most productive player on the second best team, Kool the POY, and Singletary the best all-around player in the MAC.  Rodney Pierce is a real stud, and Kenny Hayes carried the RedHawks for parts of the season.

All-MAC Second Team
Jordan Bitzer, Central Michigan
Robbie Harman, Central Michigan
Carlos Medlock, Eastern Michigan
Brandon Bowdry, Eastern Michigan
Justin Greene, Kent State

In some ways, this is a tougher thing to call than the first team.  I think Carlos Medlock is really underrated and is clearly on the right team here.  I think the McKnight brothers suffer from playing in Akron's system, where no one gets many minutes and consequently no one gets high stats numbers.  On their own, you could think that Mavunga, Cooper, and Basset and probably Betts could have been a second team pick and certainly would have been on the third team if there was one.

All-MAC Honorable Mention
Chris McKnight, Akron
Brett McKnight, Akron
Jarrod Jones, Ball State
Scott Thomas, Bowling Green
Calvin Betts, Buffalo
Justin Dobbins, Eastern Michigan
Julian Mavunga, Miami
Xavier Silas, Northern Illinois
D.J. Cooper, Ohio
Armon Bassett, Ohio

All-Freshman Team
Zeke Marshall, Akron
Jauwan Scaife, Ball State
D.J. Cooper, Ohio
Jake Barnett, Toledo
Nate Hutcheson, Western Michigan

Finally, a couple things.  I think Zeke Marshall was named to the team when the season started.  He did not have a big footprint on that team.  DJ Cooper is clearly the star of this class.  I have my doubts if Jake Barnett will ever turn into a consistent, carry your team kinda guy.