Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Basketball Times Names Brooks, Lowery All-Region
03/22/2005 | 12:00:00 | Men's Basketball
March 22, 2005
Southern Illinois University guard Darren Brooks and head coach Chris Lowery were recognized as all-region picks by Basketball Times, the publication announced Tuesday.
For Brooks, it marked his third selection to an all-region squad this year. In the past month, the United States Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches also tabbed two-time Missouri Valley Conference player-of-the-year for their all-region teams.
Lowery was one of seven coaches named all-region. The others were Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Mark Fox (Nevada), Bobby Knight (Texas Tech), Rick Pitino (Louisville), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) and Al Skinner (Boston College).
Basketball Times named Utah 7-foot sophomore Andrew Bogut its Player of the Year and Illinois' Bruce Weber its Coach of the Year, highlighting honors that will be unveiled in its April 2005 issue. Georgetown forward Jeff Green is BT's freshman of the year.
Bogut, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, averaged 20.7 points and 12.3 rebounds while leading the Utes to the Mountain West's regular-season title and to a Sweet 16 appearance.
Other first team All-Americans included 6-0 sophomore Chris Paul (14.9 ppg, 6.6 apg) of Wake Forest, 6-2 Ronald Ross (17.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) of Texas Tech, 6-4 junior J.J. Redick (22.8 ppg) of Duke and 6-9 Wayne Simien (20.2, 11.1) of Kansas.
The second team consists of 6-0 junior Dee Brown (13.4 ppg, 4.5 apg) of Illinois, 6-5 senior Eddie Basden (15.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg) of Charlotte, 6-9 junior Sean May (15.9 ppg, 10.7 rpg) of North Carolina, 6-8 junior Ike Diogu (22.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg) of Arizona State and 6-11 senior Channing Frye (15.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg) of Arizona.
BT's third team: 5-9 junior Nate Robinson (16.7 ppg) of Washington, 6-3 senior Luther Head (15.8 ppg) of Illinois, 6-8 senior Hakim Warrick (21.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg) of Syracuse, 6-8 senior Danny Granger (19.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg) of New Mexico and 6-9 junior Shelden Williams (15.6 ppg, 11.2 rpg) of Duke.
All-Northeast
Keydren Clark, 5-9, G, Jr., St. Peter's (25.8, 4.1 apg)
Taylor Coppenrath, 6-9, F, Sr, Vermont (25.7, 8.9)
Jared Dudley, 6-7, F, Soph., Boston College (16.3)
Ryan Gomes, 6-7, F, Sr., Providence (21.6, 8.2)
Juan Mendez, 6-8, F, Sr., Niagara (23.6, 10.5)
Coach - Al Skinner, Boston College
All-Mid-Atlantic
Raymond Felton, 6-1, G, Jr., UNC, (12.7, 6.9 apg)
Julius Hodge, 6-7, G-F, Sr., NC State (17.0, 6.8 rpg)
Alex Loughton, 6-9, F, Jr., Old Dominion (13.9, 8.1)
Rashad McCants, 6-4, G-F, Jr., UNC (15.8)
Eric Williams, 6-9, C, Jr., Wake Forest (16.0, 7.7)
Coach - Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
All-South
Brandon Bass, 6-8, F, Soph., LSU (17.1, 9.0)
Jarrett Jack, 6-3, G, Jr., Ga. Tech (15.5, 4.4 apg)
Bo McCalebb, 6-0, G, Soph., New Orleans (22.6)
Paul Millsap, 6-8, F-C, Soph., La. Tech (20.4, 12.4)
Lawrence Roberts, 6-9, F, Sr., Miss. State (16.7, 10.9)
Coach -Rick Pitino, Louisville
All-Midlands
Joey Graham, 6-7, F, Sr., Oklahoma State (18.1)
Taj Gray, 6-9, F, Jr., Oklahoma (14.5, 7.8)
Michael Harris, 6-6, F, Sr., Rice (20.6, 11.7)
John Lucas, 5-11, G, Sr., Oklahoma State (18.1)
Omar Thomas, 6-5, F, Sr., UTEP (20.4, 6.8)
Coach - Bobby Knight, Texas Tech
All-Mideast
Alan Anderson, 6-6, G-F, Sr., Mich. State (13.6, 5.4)
Darren Brooks, 6-3, G, Sr., So. Ill. (15.0, 4.3 apg)
Travis Diener, 6-1, G, Sr., Marquette (19.7, 7.0)
Mike Wilkinson, 6-8, F, Sr., Wisconsin (14.3, 7.3)
Deron Williams, 6-3, G, Jr., Illinois (12.2, 6.5 apg)
Coach - Chris Lowery, Southern Illinois
All-Rockies
Odartey Blankson, 6-7, F, Sr., UNLV (17.7, 8.2) Nick Fazekas, 6-11, F, Soph., Nevada (21.4, 9.4) Yemi Nicholson, 6-10, C, Jr., Denver (18.1, 8.4) Spencer Nelson, 6-8, F. Sr., Utah State (16.4, 8.1) Salim Stoudamire, 6-1, G, Sr., Arizona (18.4) Coach - Mark Fox, Nevada
All-West Coast
Seamus Boxley, 6-7, F, Sr, Portland St. (20.6, 8.1)
Adam Morrison, 6-8, F, Soph., Gonzaga (18.5)
Tre Simmons, 6-5, G, Sr., Washington (16.3)
Dijon Thompson, 6-7, F, Sr., UCLA (18.3, 8.0)
Ronny Turiaf, 6-10, F, Sr., Gonzaga (16.1, 9.3)
Coach - Lorenzo Romar, Washington
All-Freshman (First Team)
Aaron Bruce, 6-2, G, Baylor (18.2, 3.8 apg)
Daniel Gibson, 6-2, G, Texas (14.2, 3.9 apg)
Jeff Green, 6-8, F, Georgetown (13.1, 6.8 rpg)
Marvin Williams, 6-9, F, N. Carolina (11.2, 6.4 rpg)
Darius Washington, 6-2, G, Memphis (15.2, 3.7 apg)
Rookie Coach - Mark Fox, Nevada
All-Freshman (Second Team)
C.J. Anderson, 6-6, G-F, Manhattan (16.1, 8.6 rpg)
Jaycee Carroll, 6-2, G, Utah State (14.7)
Glen Davis, 6--9, F, LSU (13.4, 8.7)
Toney Douglas, 6-1, G, Auburn (16.9)
Rudy Gay., 6-9, F, Connecticut (11.9, 5.6 rpg)
