Blanchard Tabbed All-Big Ten Conference Third Team
3/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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He recorded his 1,200th career point and 600th career rebound and earned his 21st career double-double against Penn State on Feb. 9. He has three double-doubles this season. Additionally, he set and tied a career high in rebounds (14) against Oakland (Nov. 16) and at Penn State (Jan. 2).
This is the third straight year that Blanchard has been an All-Big Ten honoree. He was a third-team pick by the media in 1999-2000, when he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the media and shared the rookie award as selected by the coaches. He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from both the media and coaches as a sophomore in 2000-01.
Blanchard and the rest of the No. 10 seed Wolverines will tip off the Big Ten Tournament Thursday (March 7) when they play No. 7 seed Northwestern in the first round at 4:30 p.m. at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The game will be televised on ESPN.
2001-02 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Awards
| As selected by Big Ten coaches FIRST TEAM Brian Brown, Ohio State Jared Jeffries, Indiana* Kirk Penney, Wisconsin Marcus Taylor, Michigan State Frank Williams, Illinois SECOND TEAM Brian Cook, Illinois Tom Coverdale, Indiana Brent Darby, Ohio State Reggie Evans, Iowa Rick Rickert, Minnesota THIRD TEAM Robert Archibald, Illinois Willie Deane, Purdue Tavaras Hardy, Northwestern Luke Recker, Iowa Dusty Rychart, Minnesota HONORABLE MENTION Travarus Bennett, Minnesota Winston Blake, Northwestern Charlie Wills, Wisconsin PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jared Jeffries, Indiana FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Rick Rickert, Minnesota CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Dane Fife, Indiana Travarus Bennett, Minnesota * unanimous | | As selected by Big Ten media FIRST TEAM Brian Brown, Ohio State Jared Jeffries, Indiana* Kirk Penney, Wisconsin Marcus Taylor, Michigan State Frank Williams, Illinois SECOND TEAM Brian Cook, Illinois Tom Coverdale, Indiana Willie Deane, Purdue Reggie Evans, Iowa Rick Rickert, Minnesota THIRD TEAM LaVell Blanchard, Michigan Adam Ballinger, Michigan State Brent Darby, Ohio State Luke Recker, Iowa Dusty Rychart, Minnesota HONORABLE MENTION Robert Archibald, Illinois Boban Savovic, Ohio State Sharif Chambliss, Penn State PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jared Jeffries, Indiana FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Rick Rickert, Minnesota COACH OF THE YEAR Bo Ryan, Wisconsin |
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