Big East awards

[wadesworld]

The Field of 68 has TyKo as a 1st Team AA (sorry if this was posted somewhere else...I don't recall seeing it).

Wow.  That's high praise.

[PGsHeroes32]

Wow.  That's high praise.

Oglesby has had TK as first team for like a month now. So not surprised that as a group they put him on there with how much BE dauster and Fanta watch too. They are the basketball podcast/reporting group that can really appreciate what he brings cause they are watching him nightly.

[DoctorV]

Overview: Kolek runs an offense as though born into it, like one of those musical prodigies playing Chopin on the piano at 9 years old. It's still astounding to think he had not been primarily a point guard before arriving at Marquette in the fall of 2021 and almost immediately demonstrating a skill for passing that made him the obvious choice to run the Golden Eagles' attack in his first season. As a sophomore, he assumed full command of one of the Big East's – and the nation's – top teams. It's not easy to become an All-American while delivering barely a dozen points per game, but Kolek creates plenty of baskets in other ways

Solid summary

[MU82]

Not sure why it's taken me so long ... but I just looked up George Mason's 2020-21 stats.

They ran a 3-guard lineup, and each of them averaged between 28.6 and 32.9 minutes and between 2.0 and 2.3 assists. Kolek was at 30.7 and 2.3. His 6.7 attempts per game from behind the arc led the team by far; the next closest was 2 per game behind him. One of the other guards led the team in overall attempts at 12.8 per game, almost 4 more than Kolek.

I remain amazed that Shaka could look at all of that (and no doubt tons of film) and say, "Tyler Kolek is gonna be my point guard for the next several years." So glad he did!

[brewcity77]

AP named Shaka Smart Big East Coach of the Year and Tyler Kolek Big East Player of the Year.