Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Iowa’s Luka Garza beats out Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu for Big Ten Player of the Year; Michigan’s Juwan Howard named Coach of the Year, Hunter Dickinson Freshman of the Year
Iowa’s Luka Garza beat out Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu for Big Ten Player of the Year honors in voting from both the coaches and the media.
Michigan’s Juwan Howard was named Coach of the Year, and Michigan freshman big man Hunter Dickinson was named Freshman of the Year.
Here are all the awards:
2020-21 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Awards (Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS)COACHES SELECTIONSFIRST TEAM Kofi Cockburn, Illinois AYO DOSUNMU, ILLINOIS LUKA GARZA, IOWA E.J. Liddell, Ohio State Trevion Williams, Purdue
SECOND TEAM Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana Joe Wieskamp, Iowa Hunter Dickinson, Michigan Isaiah Livers, Michigan Franz Wagner, MichiganTHIRD TEAM Marcus Carr, Minnesota Aaron Henry, Michigan State Duane Washington Jr., Ohio State Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers D’Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin
HONORABLE MENTION Trent Frazier, Illinois Jordan Bohannon, Iowa Eric Ayala, Maryland Aaron Wiggins, Maryland Geo Baker, Rutgers
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Andre Curbelo, Illinois Keegan Murray, Iowa Hunter Dickinson, Michigan Zach Edey, Purdue Jaden Ivey, Purdue
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Trent Frazier, Illinois Darryl Morsell, Maryland Aaron Henry, Michigan State Jamari Wheeler, Penn State Myles Johnson, Rutgers
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Luka Garza, Iowa DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Darryl Morsell, Maryland FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Hunter Dickinson, Michigan SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR: Andre Curbelo, Illinois COACH OF THE YEAR: Juwan Howard, MichiganBIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES: Trent Frazier, Illinois; Aljami Durham, Indiana; CJ Frederick, Iowa; Darryl Morsell, Maryland; Austin Davis, Michigan; Joshua Langford, Michigan State; Gabe Kalscheur, Minnesota; Thorir Thorbjarnarson, Nebraska; Ryan Greer, Northwestern; Kyle Young, Ohio State; John Harrar, Penn State; Sasha Stefanovic, Purdue; Paul Mulcahy, Rutgers; Carter Higginbottom, Wisconsin.
MEDIA SELECTIONSFIRST TEAM Kofi Cockburn, Illinois AYO DOSUNMU, ILLINOIS Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana LUKA GARZA, IOWA Hunter Dickinson, MichiganSECOND TEAM Joe Wieskamp, Iowa Isaiah Livers, Michigan Marcus Carr, Minnesota E.J. Liddell, Ohio State Trevion Williams, Purdue
THIRD TEAM Franz Wagner, Michigan Aaron Henry, Michigan State Duane Washington Jr., Ohio State Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers D’Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin
HONORABLE MENTION Trent Frazier, Illinois Jordan Bohannon, Iowa CJ Fredrick, Iowa Eric Ayala, Maryland Darryl Morsell, Maryland Aaron Wiggins, Maryland Teddy Allen, Nebraska John Harrar, Penn State Myreon Jones, Penn State Myles Johnson, Rutgers Jacob Young, Rutgers
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Luka Garza, Iowa FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Hunter Dickinson, Michigan COACH OF THE YEAR: Juwan Howard, Michigan
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
