The college basketball season has sadly come to an end, and while it didn’t end the way anyone wanted it to, the 2019-20 season still gave us plenty of fun and entertaining moments. There was a lot of great individual play this season as well, and some of our writers at Basketball Society give their picks for All-Americans and all of the College Basketball Postseason Awards.
Writers:
First up, the individual awards:
Player of the Year:
Luka Garza, Iowa (Pat and TJ)
Obi Toppin, Dayton (Aram)
Defensive Player of the Year:
Marcus Garrett, Kansas (Aram)
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas (Pat)
Jacob Gilyard, Richmond (TJ)
Freshman of the Year:
Vernon Carey, Duke (Unanimous)
Coach of the Year:
Greg Gard, Wisconsin (Aram)
Brian Dutcher, San Diego State (Pat)
Scott Drew, Baylor (TJ)
And here are Basketball Society’s All-American Teams to finish up the College Basketball Postseason Awards:
1st Team All-American:
Obi Toppin, Dayton*
Luka Garza, Iowa*
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Cassius Winston, Michigan State
2nd Team All-American:
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Malachi Flynn, San Diego State
Markus Howard, Marquette
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Tre Jones, Duke
3rd Team All-American:
Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Vernon Carey, Duke
Jared Butler, Baylor
Nick Richards, Kentucky
Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s
Honorable Mentions:
Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton
Saddiq Bey, Villanova
Mason Jones, Arkansas
Sam Merrill, Utah State
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Daniel Oturu, Minnesota
Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky
Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton
*Unanimous Selection
