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Mountain West All-Conference Team Announced

The future of the Mountain West looks real strong with zero seniors on the first team and only four seniors when you included all teams and the honorable mention list.  There are two gripes I have with this first Darrington Hobson as player of the year.  He was the best player on the team that won the league, but BYU's Jimmer Fredette was a more dominant player.  The Cougars did lose to New Mexico twice in close games and the latter Fredette barely played with his illness.  Besides that the Lobos were the best team I think Jimmer was penalized for playing briefly or missing games with either mono or his more recent stomach virus.

Also, defensive player of the year went to the best shot blocker who was Utah's David Foster.  My opinion is that it should have gone to BYU's Jackson Emery who was a lock down defender and averaged 2.7 steals per game which was good enough for fifth in the nation.  Foster was fifth in the nation in block shots, but it does help when you are over seven feet tall.

Check below for the all-league selections.

2009-10 All-Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Team
(Selected by media and head coaches)
First-Team All-Mountain West
Jimmer Fredette, BYU* Jr. G 6-2 195 Glen Falls, N.Y.
Dairese Gary, New Mexico Jr. G 6-1 205 Elkhart, Ind.
Darington Hobson, New Mexico Jr. G/F 6-7 205 Las Vegas, Nev.
Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State Fr. F 6-6 210 Riverside, Calif.
Tre'Von Willis, UNLV Jr. G 6-4 195 Fresno, Calif.
Second-Team All-Mountain West
Jackson Emery, BYU Jr. G 6-3 185 Alpine, Utah
Andy Ogide, Colorado State Jr. F 6-9 245 Marietta, Ga.
Roman Martinez, New Mexico Sr. F 6-6 185 El Paso, Texas
Malcolm Thomas, San Diego State Jr. F 6-9 220 San Diego, Calif.
Ronnie Moss, TCU So. G 6-2 195 Fort Worth, Texas
Third-Team All-Mountain West
Tyler Haws, BYU Fr. G 6-5 200 Alpine, Utah
Jonathan Tavernari, BYU** Sr. G/F 6-6 215 Sao Bernardo, Brazil
Chace Stanback, UNLV So. G/F 6-8 210 Los Angeles, Calif.
Carlon Brown, Utah Jr. G 6-5 205 Riverside, Calif.
Desmar Jackson, Wyoming Fr. G 6-5 190 Warren, Ohio
All-Defensive Team
Jackson Emery, BYU Jr. G 6-3 185 Alpine, Utah
Dairese Gary, New Mexico Jr. G 6-1 205 Elkhart, Ind.
Chace Stanback, UNLV So. G/F 6-8 210 Los Angeles, Calif.
Tre'Von Willis, UNLV Jr. G 6-4 195 Fresno, Calif.
David Foster, Utah So. C 7-3 255 Lake Forest, Calif.

 

 

Honorable Mention All-Mountain West
Evan Washington Jr. G 6-4 195 Air Force
Phillip McDonald So. G 6-5 200 New Mexico
D.J. Gay Jr. G 6-0 155 San Diego State
Billy White Jr. F 6-8 226 San Diego State
Zvonko Buljan Sr. F/C 6-9 220 TCU
Oscar Bellfield So. G 6-2 185 UNLV
Luka Drca Sr. G 6-5 205 Utah
Marshall Henderson Fr. G 6-2 175 Utah
Player of the Year: Darington Hobson, New Mexico
Defensive Player of the Year: David Foster, Utah
Newcomer of the Year: Darington Hobson, New Mexico
Freshman of the Year: Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State
Sixth Man of the Year: Jonathan Tavernari, BYU
Coach of the Year: Steve Alford, New Mexico
*Indicates number of previous all-Conference selections