All-Big Ten men's basketball awards

March 7, 2017 at 5:36AM

All big-ten awards

Coaches selections

First team

• Peter Jok, Iowa; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Nate Mason, Gophers; Caleb Swanigan, Purdue; Ethan Happ, Wisconsin.

Second team

• Malcolm Hill, Illinois; Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan; Miles Bridges, Michigan State; Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern; Bronson Keonig, Wisconsin.

Third team

• Thomas Bryant, Indiana; Jordan Murphy, Gophers; Tai Webster, Nebraska; Scottie Lindsey, Northwestern; Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin.

Honorable Mention

• James Blackmon Jr., Indiana; Moritz Wagner, Michigan; Nick Ward, Michigan State; Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State; Vincent Edwards, Purdue; Isaac Haas, Purdue; Dakota Mathias, Purdue; Corey Sanders, Rutgers.

All-freshman team

• Jordan Bohannon, Iowa; Tyler Cook, Iowa; Miles Bridges, Michigan State; Amir Coffey, Gophers; Tony Carr, Penn State.

All-defensive team

• Reggie Lynch, Gophers; Vic Law, Northwestern; Dakota Mathias, Purdue; Ethan Happ, Wisconsin; Zak Showalter, Wisconsin.

Player of the Year: Swanigan.

Defensive Player of the Year: Lynch.

Freshman of the Year: Bridges.

Sixth Man of the Year: Nicholas Baer, Iowa.

Coach of the Year: Richard Pitino, Gophers.

Notes: Swanigan and Trimble, unanimous selections for First Team. Bridges, unanimous selection for All-Freshman Team. Swanigan unanimous selection for Player of the Year.

Media selections

First team

• Jok, Trimble, Mason, Swanigan, Happ.

Second team

• Hill, Walton Jr., Bridges, Webster, McIntosh.

Third team

• Blackmon Jr., Bryant, Murphy, Edwards, Hayes, Koenig.

Honorable mention

• Zak Irvin, Michigan; Wagner; Ward; Lindsey; Tate; Trevor Thompson, Ohio State; Carr; Mathias; Haas; Sanders.

Player of the Year: Swanigan.

Freshman of the Year: Bridges.

Coach of the Year: Pitino.

Notes: Swanigan, unanimous selection for First Team; Blackmon Jr., additional selection to Third Team due to a tie in voting.

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