More MAC Men's Basketball Awards

Three more awards are in....

I think the most notable here is DJ Cooper of OU, who won Freshmen of the Year.  This guy is gonna be a great MAC player...in fact, he is already a really good MAC player and it would not surprise me if he makes second team All-MAC.  As if things needed to get tougher in the East, Groce is really building something down there and has four really strong recruits expected for next year.

Akron's Jimmy Conyers won defensive player of the year.  Conyers is a big rebounder for the Zips, but also leads the team in steals.  A lot of times this award goes to an inside player who can rebound and block shots, simply because those things are easier to count than what a guard does on defense.

And then Kent's Anthony Simpson was sixth man of the year.