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Quote:MAC Announces Coach of the Year, All-MAC and All-Freshman Teams

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Bowling Green Head Coach Louis Orr has been named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year this season as voted on by the MAC News Media Association. In just his second season at the helm of the Bowling Green men’s basketball team, Louis Orr has led the Falcons to a Mid-American Conference Eastern Division Co-Championship and the No. 1 seed for the MAC Tournament. Today’s announcement marks the third time in league history that a Bowling Green head coach has been selected for the honor (Jim Larranaga, 1997; John Weinert, 1978).

Orr’s defensive philosophy has helped the team win five more games in 2008-09 than it did a year ago, including four more MAC wins. The Falcons finished fifth in the Eastern Division a year ago and were picked to finish third in the preseason poll but exceeded those expectations by taking on coach Orr’s philosophy and leading the conference in field goal percentage defense and blocked shots.

Over the course of the season, Orr has developed a tough-minded team that has made a remarkable transformation. The team opened the year by losing seven consecutive road games, including losing a 21-point halftime lead to Savannah State. But the Falcons persevered and, after beating Ohio on the road, won six consecutive MAC road games, the longest streak in the conference since Kent State won seven in a row away from home in the 2001-02 season.

Bowling Green won its first division crown since 2000 and, by virtue of the No. 1 seed for the MAC Tournament, has qualified for the NIT Tournament for the first time since 2002.

The All-MAC First, Second, and Honorable Mention teams were also announced as Miami’s Michael Bramos, Kent State’s Al Fisher, Bowling Green’s Nate Miller, Buffalo’s Rodney Pierce and Ohio’s Jerome Tillman were named to this year’s All-MAC First Team.

Northern Illinois’ Darion “Jake” Anderson was named to the All-MAC Second Team along with Eastern Michigan’s Brandon Bowdry, Akron’s Brett McKnight, Toledo’s Tyrone Kent and Western Michigan’s David Kool.

Honorable mention recognition went to Akron’s Chris McKnight and Nate Linhart, Ball State’s Jarrod Jones and teammate Brandon Lampley, Bowling Green’s Brian Moten, Buffalo’s Greg Gamble, Central Michigan’s Marcus Van, Kent State’s Chris Singletary, Miami’s Tyler Dierkers and Ohio’s Mike Allen.

The All-Freshman Team was led by BSU’s Jones. Joining Jones was Akron’s Anthony “Humpty” Hitchens, Northern Illinois’ Mike DiNunno, Ohio’s Steven Coleman and Western Michigan’s Flenard Whitfield.

The 2009 FirstEnergy MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament begins tomorrow at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena as first round games will take place. No. 7 Central Michigan takes on No. 10 Eastern Michigan at Noon, while No. 6 Kent State faces off against No. 11 Northern Illinois at 2 p.m. The No. 8 seed Western Michigan takes on No. 9 Ohio at 4 p.m., while No. 5 Akron closes out the day against No. 12 Toledo at 6 p.m.

All-MAC First Team

Michael Bramos, Miami, G/F
Al Fisher, Kent State, G
Nate Miller, Bowling Green, F
Rodney Pierce, Buffalo, G
Jerome Tillman, Ohio, F

All-MAC Second Team

Darion “Jake” Anderson, Northern Illinois G
Brandon Bowdry, Eastern Michigan F
Brett McKnight, Akron, F
Tyrone Kent, Toledo, G
David Kool, Western Michigan, G

All-MAC Honorable Mention

Mike Allen, Ohio, G
Tyler Dierkers, Miami, F
Greg Gamble, Buffalo, G
Jarrod Jones, Ball State, F
Brandon Lampley, Ball State, G
Nate Linhart, Akron, F
Chris McKnight, Akron, F
Brian Moten, Bowling Green, G
Chris Singletary, Kent State, G/F
Marcus Van, Central Michigan, F/C

MAC All-Freshman Team

Anthony “Humpty” Hitchens, Akron, G
Jarrod Jones, Ball State, F
Mike DiNunno, Northern Illinois, G
Steven Coleman, Ohio, G
Flenard Whitfield, Western Michigan, F

How was Amos not at least honorable mention?

Wondered that myself- too many TOs I guess but I'd take him over Linhart, Moten or Lampley . But when you're 7-24 or whatever you probably don't have a lot of all-league guys on the team.

DiNunno did nothing aginst us this time. Took a total Georgetown flop on an inbounds that was ignored completely by the refs and Bastfield as well. Larry touched him with the flat of his hand and DiNunno went flying backwards for about 6 feet and landed on his rear. I can guess he'll be a fan favorite in MAC arenas in years to come.

surprised by only a couple things

tyler dierkers was as good as any big in the league, imo, so i thought he would get at least second team. thought amos would get honor mention, but we prob needed to win more games for that. eastern invariably has an all league player even though they are always in last place. bowdry is pretty good, but you'd think van, jones or dierkers who all had similar or better numbers and played for teams competitive for their div title would have gotten more votes.

as for the frosh, clearly 4 top frosh this yr, not much diff there, didn't see much out of whitfield and a guy like bastfield who played an improving role as a full time starter might have warranted a little attn as the fifth guy in the frosh team

No real superstars here and not much difference from top to bottom of the list. I don't think there's an NBA candidate in the bunch. I imagine a team composed of the honorable mentions could play with and maybe even defeat the first team All MAC.

(03-09-2009 12:45 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ]How was Amos not at least honorable mention?

Missed games, didn't show up at time, inconsistant, leads league in turnovers....not sure how he couldn't make it, lol.