EveryJoe » All-American http://www.everyjoe.com Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:21:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 One Man’s Preseason All-Americans http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/one-mans-preseason-all-americans-375/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/one-mans-preseason-all-americans-375/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:38:00 +0000 Ryan Pravato http://www.collegefastbreak.com/one-mans-preseason-all-americans/ Post from: EveryJoe

One Man’s Preseason All-Americans

]]> Gary Parrish from cbssportsline recently revealed his picks for the Preseason All-American teams:

1st team:

Guard: Darren Collison

Guard: Stephen Curry

Forward: Blake Griffin

Forward: Luke Harangody

Forward: Tyler Hansbrough

My only beef with this team is at the top.

Darren Collison is an overrated defensive player. Sure, Darren is adequate enough, but could Darren slow down Ty Lawson or Jonny Flynn? Tyrese Rice?

Would Tyreke Evans dominate Collison like Derrick Rose did?

Offensively there’s not much to critique. Not many point guards can shoot the trey as well as Collison did last season. Nor can they break down a defense as well as he did either.

But, don’t let me fool you.

He automatically makes this young UCLA squad top 10 caliber.

Darren has the intangibles.

So hopefully for UCLA fans, team success outweighs individual success.

Right, Mario?

Second and third teams can be found here

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One Man’s Preseason All-Americans

]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/one-mans-preseason-all-americans-375/feed/ 5 Was Durant Among the All-Time Great Athletes at Texas? http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/was-durant-among-the-all-time-great-athletes-at-texas-375/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/was-durant-among-the-all-time-great-athletes-at-texas-375/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:37:49 +0000 Kevin Hunter http://www.collegefastbreak.com/was-durant-among-the-all-time-great-athletes-at-texas/ Post from: EveryJoe

Was Durant Among the All-Time Great Athletes at Texas?

]]> When I saw that the University of Texas was retiring the jerseys of several famous athletes and Kevin Durant’s name was on the list I thought….

Huh?

Durant was a great player and all, but does a one-and-done player who didn’t win a thing while with the Longhorns deserve to be in the same class as Vince Young, Ricky Williams, Roger Clemens and T.J. Ford?

In his one and only season at Texas in 2006-07, Durant was an All-American, the Big 12 Player of the Year and National Player of the Year among other numerous awards he received.

He opted out for the NBA Draft and had a very solid season for the Seattle (soon to be Oklahoma City) Supersonics winning NBA Rookie of the Year honors.

But does he really deserve to have his jersey retired at a school known for its outstanding athletes who all stayed for more than one year?

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Was Durant Among the All-Time Great Athletes at Texas?

]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/was-durant-among-the-all-time-great-athletes-at-texas-375/feed/ 1 AP Pre-season All-American team announced http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/ap-pre-season-all-american-team-announced-375/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/ap-pre-season-all-american-team-announced-375/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:46:22 +0000 Rich Carlson http://www.collegefastbreak.com/ap-pre-season-all-american-team-announced/ Post from: EveryJoe

AP Pre-season All-American team announced

]]> The highly anticipated AP pre-season All-American team has been announced, and its members shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone:

PF Tyler Hansbrough – North Carolina
C Roy Hibbert – Georgetown
G Chris Lofton – Tennessee
G Drew Neitzel – Michigan State
G Darren Collison – UCLA

What blows my mind is that Hansbrough was not a unanimous selection to the team – one AP voter didn’t vote for him on the 1st team. Whoever that voter is should have his AP credentials and voting privileges revoked immediately. Hansbrough will be the Player of the Year, in my opinion, and very well could lead North Carolina to the championship this season.

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AP Pre-season All-American team announced

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