Tag: NABC

Texas A&M junior guard is named to the NABC All-District Team

Star Texas A&M guard Wade Taylor IV was named the District 20 First-Team prior to the NCAA Tournament

Ahead of the NCAA Tournament the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named their Division I All-District Teams. On March 19 240 college basketball found out if they made the first or second team in their respective district.

Wade Taylor IV was the lone Texas A&M player to make the District 20 First-Team along with Johni Broom (Auburn), Dalton Knecht (Tennessee), Antonio Reeves (Kentucky), Mark Sears (Alabama). Taylor was also recently named to the All-Tournament team after the SEC tournament where he led all scorers with 82 points through three games.

Taylor and the Aggies will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (23-10) in the South Region on Friday March 22 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. A&M willed their way back into the tournament and Taylor is determined to get Coach Buzz Williams his first NCAA Tournament win in Aggieland.

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Michigan State basketball: Tyson Walker earns All-District honors

Tyson Walker has earned some more accolades for his breakout season

On Tuesday, it was announced that Michigan State basketball guard Tyson Walker has been named to all-district teams by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

Walker was one of the 10 players named to the USBWA District 5 team, and was also a Second Team District 7 selection by the NABC.

Walker led the Spartans in scoring this season with 15.4 points per game.

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NABC honors three Vols

NABC honors three Tennessee players.

Tennessee was honored for its academic achievement by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Tuesday.

Three Tennessee players earned placement on the NABC Honors Court, which recognizes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2021-22 academic year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.

Departed senior Victor Bailey Jr., sixth-year graduate student John Fulkerson and rising senior Santiago Vescovi each made the NABC Honors Court.

Bailey Jr. and Fulkerson were honored for their work in UT’s Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication graduate program.

Vescovi was honored for his academic record as he pursues a degree in Business Management.

The Vols also earned a team award by the NABC with a 3.28 GPA.

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Watch: Notre Dame watches selection show, heads to First Four game

The Irish are happy to be in the tournament.

Notre Dame’s NCAA Tournament journey could begin and end with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. However, that didn’t stop a video about the Irish on the official March Madness YouTube channel from being uploaded. After all, when you have a chance to be selected for your first tournament in five years, you want to be on hand for it. If you’ve been curious as to what the team has been up to for the past couple of days, wonder no more:

Mike Brey seems to be very easygoing about the whole thing, especially after he learns that his team made the field. In fact, he said during his first news conference of the tournament that an NIT bid would have made his job a lot harder:

Apparently, being named the District 2 Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) wouldn’t have been enough to motivate his team had the NCAA Tournament slipped away. Fortunately, that’s all a moot point, and the important thing is getting ready for Rutgers.

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Xavier Tillman Sr., Jack Hoiberg receive NABC Honors Court recognition

Michigan State’s Xavier Tillman and Jack Hoiberg have been given NABC Honors Court recognition for academic achievement.

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Each year, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) recognizes college athletes who excelled in the classroom during the previous season by naming them to the Honors Court. This year, the NABC recognized 1,350 men’s basketball players with the honor, including Michigan State’s Xavier Tillman and Jack Hoiberg.

Here is the criteria for the honor, according to the NABC website:

  • Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player.
  • Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2019-20 academic year.
  • Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution.
  • Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach.

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Michigan State HC Tom Izzo resigns from NABC Board of Directors

It was announced this morning that Michigan State Men’s Basketball transfer Joey Hauser had lost his waiver appeal to play this year after transferring from Marquette. Head coach Tom Izzo has disapproved of the entire process and the final result …

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It was announced this morning that Michigan State Men’s Basketball transfer Joey Hauser had lost his waiver appeal to play this year after transferring from Marquette. Head coach Tom Izzo has disapproved of the entire process and the final result has led him to resign from the post he has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

“I can’t get into specifics, but in looking at the way waivers were approved and denied and then studying like I have, the old standard of one or two reasons has just blown up,” Izzo said regarding his discontent with the transfer appeal process. “Joey did have a strong case, and I’m devastated, if you want the truth. I did not think anything of it in August, because we weren’t gonna do anything. And then the family brought up what’s going on in different places. And seeing what’s been going on and talking to some coaches, I’m devastated for him to have to sit out his second season in three years, because he did (enroll at Marquette) early. I do believe we have a tight team, and we’re gonna get through it. And he’s gonna get through it.”

Izzo had served on the board since 2000 and even held the role of president in 2010-11.

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