OFFICIAL ALL CONFERENCE PICKS

[Grizbacker1]

These are the 13 players on the Big Sky All-Conference Team, MVP Rodney Stuckey and 12 others. Montana’s Kevin Criswell and Montana State’s Marvin Moss and Ja’Ron Jefferson are the two-time picks.



2005-06 Big Sky All-Conference Team

Player, School Year Height Position Hometown
#Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington Fr. 6-4 G Kent, Wash.
David Schroeder, Idaho State Sr. 6-2 G Salmon, Idaho
#Andrew Strait, Montana So. 6-8 F Yakima, Wash.
*Kevin Criswell, Montana Sr. 6-2 G Colstrip, Mont.
Al Beye, Montana State Sr. 6-11 C Dakar, Senegal
*Ja’Ron Jefferson, Montana State Sr. 6-0 G Oklahoma City, Okla.
*Marvin Moss, Montana State Sr. 6-6 F Baltimore, MD
Ruben Boykin Jr., Northern Arizona Jr. 6-7 F Los Angeles, Calif.
Kelly Golob, Northern Arizona Sr. 6-5 G Olympia, Wash.
Jake Schroeder, Portland State Sr. 6-2 G Riverton, Utah
DaShawn Freeman, Sacramento State Sr. 5-11 G Oakland, Calif.
Alex Bausley, Sacramento State Jr. 6-6 F Los Angeles, Calif.
Coric Riggs, Weber State Sr. 6-4 F Louisville, Ky.
#Unanimous Selection. *Two-time selection

Honorable Mention
Paul Butorac, Jr., F, Eastern Washington; Deuce Smith, Sr., G, Eastern Washington; Slim Millien, Sr., F, Idaho State; Tim Henry, Sr., G, Idaho State; Virgil Matthews, Sr., G, Montana; Tyrone Bazy, Jr., G, Northern Arizona; Anthony Washington, Jr., C, Portland State; Loren Leath, Fr., G, Sacramento State.



Big Sky Individual Award Winners

Most Valuable Player
Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington


Newcomer of the Year

Tyrone Bazy, Northern Arizona



Freshman of the Year
Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington



Co-Defensive Player of the Year
Al Beye, Montana State
and
DaShawn Freeman, Sacramento State

 

[BigBengalBacker]

I can't say I disagree a whole lot with that group there....I'm glad Strait made it, because he was a key for Montana's early season success. MSU getting three is a little suspect, and Bausley from Sac is too.....I almost would prefer an 11-team group, but I don't think anyone got left off the list.

I think Slim is the closest to being on, but he disappeared down the stretch, and HM is where he should be. I'm glad to see Schroeder got on the team...he and Criswell read shirted together, but if Dave didn't have THREE ACL tears, I think folks would be talking about Golob, Criswell and Schroeder as three of the league's greatest shooters.

Schroeder should get another year though....boy, Hasquet probably would have gotten some votes from NAU LOL.

BBB

 

[Grizbacker1]

I can't say I disagree a whole lot with that group there....I'm glad Strait made it, because he was a key for Montana's early season success. MSU getting three is a little suspect, and Bausley from Sac is too.....I almost would prefer an 11-team group, but I don't think anyone got left off the list.

I think Slim is the closest to being on, but he disappeared down the stretch, and HM is where he should be. I'm glad to see Schroeder got on the team...he and Criswell read shirted together, but if Dave didn't have THREE ACL tears, I think folks would be talking about Golob, Criswell and Schroeder as three of the league's greatest shooters.

Schroeder should get another year though....boy, Hasquet probably would have gotten some votes from NAU LOL.

BBB

I would not have had Moss on my team. I was impressed the times I saw Bausley. I am glad Jason Harris didn't make it, that team has won 1 game since his return from academic suspension. Shroeder is tough, I think Slims antics cost him some votes, trust me that has an effect.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

Kind of wish they would limit it to 11 myself.

Don't think that Moss earned an all-conference spot at all. Bausley does so much on the floor - he has to be on there.

Suprised that Washington got an honorable mention over Sommer. Sommer really impressed me with his play this year. Also suprised that Leath got put on there. All the kid does is shoot. A LOT. Josh Wilson or Juma Kamara deserved to be on there way before Leath.

David Patten deserved to be an honorable mention as well. I'm really disappointed they didn't make that pick. Talk about a great player and a guy who really deserves the honor.

 

[Grizbacker1]

Kind of wish they would limit it to 11 myself.

Don't think that Moss earned an all-conference spot at all. Bausley does so much on the floor - he has to be on there.

Suprised that Washington got an honorable mention over Sommer. Sommer really impressed me with his play this year. Also suprised that Leath got put on there. All the kid does is shoot. A LOT. Josh Wilson or Juma Kamara deserved to be on there way before Leath.

David Patten deserved to be an honorable mention as well. I'm really disappointed they didn't make that pick. Talk about a great player and a guy who really deserves the honor.

MGR,

I think Leath got on the radar early in the year and made his impression on coaches during the first half. He lit it up in quite a few games early.

 

[BWahlberg]

I shake my head still about Stuckey, but lets see how he handles the tourneys if he can take EWU to the championship (which I hope he doesn't b/c they'd go through Montana) then he'll convince me.

I still don't think production alone determines the MVP. You look at the record of NAU and Montana and what guys like Strait, Criswell and Boykin do for those teams in close games on a regular basis and their leadership they show, I just think they're more deserving. But, lets see what happens in the tourney...

Congrats to Kevin, Andrew and Virgil, you guys all deserve it!

 

[BigBengalBacker]

I wasn't looking at the HM picks....I could give a flip about them. Yeah, Moss is the questionable one too...good catch.

As for Stuckey....Eastern might have five wins without him....he's unreal.

BBB

 

[Bozgriz]

Nice list but 13??? That's 1/3 of all the starters in the BSC...

I always thought you played with 5...10 sounds like a better number to me, 5 1st team, 5 2nd team with the MVP coming from the 1st team...