Brown Picked to First Team All-Big Ten Squads – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 5, 2002
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio–Brian Brown, a senior guard on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, was selected by both the Big Ten coaches and media to the 2002 First Team All-Big Ten Team, the league announced Tuesday.%^$
%^$Brent Darby, a junior guard from Detroit, Mich., was selected to the second team by the league coaches and to the third team by the conference media. Boban Savovic, a senior guard from Montenegro, Yugoslavia, earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten recognition by the Big Ten media.%^$
%^$Brown, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., led the Buckeyes in scoring with 15.6 points per game. He played a team-high 33.0 minutes per game, connected on a team-high 148-of-302 field goals (.490) and recorded 92 assists and 20 steals as a senior.%^$
%^$Brown and Savovic are the only seniors in Ohio State history to participate in four-consecutive 20-win seasons and likely will become part of the only senior class, along with center Will Dudley, to participate in four-consecutive NCAA tournaments.%^$
%^$The senior class also set an Ohio State record with 90 victories in their careers, which included a trip to the 1999 Final Four and a pair of Big Ten championships (2000, 2002).%^$
%^$Darby was the second-leading scorer for the 20-7 Buckeyes, who tied for the league title with an 11-5 record in conference play. He averaged 12.9 points per contest and led the Buckeyes from the free throw line with a 79.4 percent foul-shooting average (104-131).%^$
%^$Savovic, who like Brown and Darby, started all 27 games during the regular season. He led Ohio State from 3-point range (50-123/.407), in assists (100) and with 34 steals.%^$
%^$Brown (15.6 ppg.), Darby (12.9 ppg.) and Savovic (12.0 ppg.) all had career-high, single-season scoring averages this year.%^$
%^$Jim O’Brien, Ohio State head coach, said the players earned the recognition by the Big Ten coaches and media.%^$
%^$”The thing about Brian is that he earned these awards with his consistent play,” O’Brien said. “His overall game is why he deserved to be recognized. This is a great accomplishment for him considering where he came from as a freshman.%^$
%^$”Brent established himself as one of the better players in the conference this year,” O’Brien said. “He had a very good season for us. Similarly, Boban deserved some recognition for his contributions to our team. He was every bit as valuable to our success.”%^$
%^$Ohio State, the No. 2 seed in the 2002 Big Ten Tournament, plays at 6:40 p.m. Friday in Indianapolis, Ind., against the winner of the Northwestern (No. 7) vs. Michigan (No. 10) game Thursday. The game will be televised locally on WBNS-TV (Ch. 10).%^$
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%^$2001-02 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team%^$
%^$As selected by Big Ten coaches%^$
%^$FIRST TEAM
%^$Brian Brown, Ohio State
%^$Jared Jeffries, Indiana*
%^$Kirk Penney, Wisconsin
%^$Marcus Taylor, Michigan State
%^$Frank Williams, Illinois
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%^$SECOND TEAM
%^$Brian Cook, Illinois
%^$Tom Coverdale, Indiana
%^$Brent Darby, Ohio State
%^$Reggie Evans, Iowa
%^$Rick Rickert, Minnesota
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%^$THIRD TEAM
%^$Robert Archibald, Illinois
%^$Willie Deane, Purdue
%^$Tavaras Hardy, Northwestern
%^$Luke Recker, Iowa
%^$Dusty Rychart, Minnesota
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%^$HONORABLE MENTION
%^$Travarus Bennett, Minnesota
%^$Winston Blake, Northwestern
%^$Charlie Wills, Wisconsin
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%^$PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
%^$JARED JEFFRIES, Indiana
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%^$FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
%^$RICK RICKERT, Minnesota
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%^$CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:
%^$Dane Fife, Indiana, and Travarus Bennett, Minnesota
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%^$* unanimous%^$
%^$Repeat Performers
%^$First Team: Williams, Second Team: Evans, Third Team: None.%^$Note: Jeffries was named to the coaches’ second-team in 2001, Cook was a%^$third-team pick, and Brown and Recker were honorable mention selections.%^$
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%^$As selected by Big Ten media%^$
%^$FIRST TEAM
%^$Brian Brown, Ohio State
%^$Jared Jeffries, Indiana*
%^$Kirk Penney, Wisconsin
%^$Marcus Taylor, Michigan State
%^$Frank Williams, Illinois
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%^$SECOND TEAM
%^$Brian Cook, Illinois
%^$Tom Coverdale, Indiana
%^$Willie Deane, Purdue
%^$Reggie Evans, Iowa
%^$Rick Rickert, Minnesota
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%^$THIRD TEAM
%^$Adam Ballinger, Michigan State
%^$LaVell Blanchard, Michigan
%^$Brent Darby, Ohio State
%^$Luke Recker, Iowa
%^$Dusty Rychart, Minnesota
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%^$HONORABLE MENTION
%^$Robert Archibald, Illinois
%^$Boban Savovic, Ohio State
%^$Sharif Chambliss, Penn State
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%^$PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
%^$Jared Jeffries, Indiana
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%^$FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
%^$RICK RICKERT, Minnesota
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%^$COACH OF THE YEAR:
%^$Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
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%^$* unanimous%^$
%^$Repeat Performers
%^$First Team: Williams, Second Team: Cook, Evans, Third Team: None.%^$Note: Blanchard was named to the media second-team in 2001, Brown and%^$Jeffries were third-team picks and Recker was an honorable mention%^$selection.%^$
