Defensive Player of the year: Zeke Marshall, Akron
Freshman of the Year: Darius Paul, WMU
Sixth Man of the Year: David Brown, WMU
A few comments....
The Sixth Man and Defensive Player awards come from the coaches, which I think has some credibility. Here is the thing...there aren't a lot of stats for defense--blocks and steals--and Marshall gets a lot of blocks. However, there is also just plain guarding a guy, and I always worry that gets forgotten for this away. Coaches should vote for who they have to game plan around, and I assume they did.
Marshall has now won the award in back-to-back years.
Darius Paul was the overwhelming choice as Freshman of the Year, with Chris Fowler a distant second.
I don't have any issue with David Brown getting the sixth man award. I'd like to suggest that Richaun Holmes would have been a worthy recipient as well.
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