Alando Tucker was named Big Ten Player of the Year this morning.
Wisconsin's Alando Tucker captured the conference's highest honor as he was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in voting by both the coaches and the media. He is the second Badger in the last four years to earn the award as Devin Harris claimed Wisconsin's first Player of the Year laurel in 2004. In Big Ten games only, Tucker ranked second in the conference in scoring (19.7 ppg) and tied for eighth in rebounding (6.1 rpg). The senior forward led UW to a school-record 13 victories in the Big Ten, while also tallying a 17-game win streak earlier in the season, the longest in school history. This year, Tucker became the second Badger and the 23rd Big Ten standout to reach 2,000 career points. He enters this week's Big Ten Tournament with 2,125 points and is close to breaking UW's all-time scoring record held by Michael Finley (2,147 points from 1992-95).
I'm not sure how it works, but both the coaches and the media vote on these awards. Tucker's award was unanimous.
Badgers also receving accolades were Senior Kammron Taylor, who received a second-team selection by both the media and the coaches. Junior guard Michael Flowers made the league's all-defensive team and received honorable mention from the media. Junior forward Brian Butch received honorable mention from the coaches.
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