We have a very diverse range of opinions here at Student Union, but somehow we were all able to agree on three first-team All-Americans. Every single ballot submitted had Lonzo Ball, Frank Mason and Caleb Swanigan among the top-five players in the country. We also had a near-consensus on the Freshman of the Year Award as Lonzo Ball garnered all but one vote for that award. The one non-Lonzo vote was for Malik Monk (related: we have exactly one writer who goes to Kentucky).

The Coach of the Year voting was closely contested, but Gonzaga’s Mark Few ultimately edged out UCLA’s Steve Alford by a single vote. Baylor’s Scott Drew, who was our coach of the year when we published our mid-season awards, received zero votes in our postseason poll. It is worth pointing out that our first-team All American squad looks the exact same as it did mid-season.

Without further ado here are your postseason award winners as voted on by our staff. As always please tweet your complaints to @Maiers_Luke.

Coach of the Year – Mark Few (Gonzaga)

Player of the Year – Caleb Swanigan (Purdue)

Freshman of the Year – Lonzo Ball (UCLA)

All-Americans

First Team

*G- Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
*G- Frank Mason (Kansas)
G- Josh Hart (Villanova)
G- Malik Monk (Kentucky)
*F- Caleb Swanigan (Purdue)

Second Team

G- Luke Kennard (Duke)
G- Justin Jackson (North Carolina)
F- Johnathan Motley (Baylor)
F- Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
F- Ethan Happ (Wisconsin)

Third Team

G- Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga)
G- Markelle Fultz (Washington)
G- Marcus Keene (Central Michigan)
G- De’Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
F- Jayson Tatum (Duke)

Honorable Mention: Josh Jackson (Kansas), Przemek Karnowski (Gonzaga), Jock Landale (Saint Mary’s), Lauri Markkanen (Arizona), Justin Patton (Creighton), Alec Peters (Valparaiso)

* – unanimous selection