All WCC Teams: Campbell, Smeulders 1st Team; Stohl, Sikma HM

2010 West Coast Conference Awards

Player of the Year
Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga

Defensive Player of the Year
Omar Samhan, Saint Mary’s

Newcomer of the Year
Elias Harris, Gonzaga

Coach of the Year
Mark Few, Gonzaga

All-WCC First Team
Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
T.J. Campbell, Portland
Steven Gray, Gonzaga
Elias Harris, Gonzaga
Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco
Mickey McConnell, Saint Mary’s
Omar Samhan, Saint Mary’s
Robin Smeulders, Portland
Vernon Teel, Loyola Marymount
Drew Viney, Loyola Marymount

Honorable Mention
Keion Bell, Pepperdine
Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s
Brandon Johnson, San Diego
Luke Sikma, Portland
Jared Stohl, Portland
Mychel Thompson, Pepperdine
Marc Trasolini, Santa Clara

All-Freshman Team
Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s
Ashley Hamilton, Loyola Marymount
Elias Harris, Gonzaga
Chris Manresa, San Diego
Robert Smith, Santa Clara

Wow, I'm impressed that Sikma was able to make honorable mention coming off the bench. He has been playing great this year and definitely deserves it.

I can't say enough about how well Stohl has come in and played in the absence of Ravio. We all know how well he can shoot the three, but he has really improved the rest of his game.

Congratulations to all 4 Pilots.

Just a quick note on Stohl... in WCC play, he averaged 14.4 ppg and shot 51.9% (!) from three point range to easily lead the conference, and he hit an astounding 54 (of 104) threes, nearly 4 a game. Mickey McConnel of SMC hit the next most at 31. Think abou that... Jared was close to doubling the number of made threes for the next-closest guy. Pretty incredible.

Also, he played 33 minutes a game and really stepped up his defense and passing... he really developed into a lot more than just a good shooter. He is now truly a good all-around player.

Oh, and I suppose I should mention this... he is currently #1 in the nation in three-point shooting:

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/ncaa-m-baskbl-div1-ind-three-point-field-goal-percentage.html

I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

I certainly am pleasantly surprised by the Sikma selection. He played well certainly deserves to be there. It was also nice to see Smeulders get 1st team recognition. He started out so hot in the first 2 or three games, but tailed off a little towards the end (conference games I am refering to). Stohl was probably a tough one for the coaches, he was sooo good after Raivio went down. You have to think that if he had started every game he would have been a first teamer. TJ, clearly deserving of first team, and if we had finished a little higher, a contender for POY.

Oh man, how great is it to see 4 players make all-WCC (same amount as last year?). It wasn't that long ago that we were lucky to get one, maybe two honorable mentions.

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

Don't their fans already travel there in numbers? I thought they would have been pushing for a neutral site to get them out of Spokane for a weekend.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

I was wondering how long it'd take for you to bring that up. Again.

But in practice, its a disaster... take a look at the Big Sky tourney, hosted by the regular season champion... if the home team loses, the games are played in completely empty gyms, as few people form other schools can travel, due to the short notice...

I'm also pretty sure the facilities folks on all 8 campuses are glad they dont need to block out the tourney weekend every year "in case" their team hosts... therefore missing out on the ability to host state tourneys, etc...[/quote]

Your always so practical Pilotnut, congrats to Luke too--his HM was somewhat of a surprise to me.


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PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

A) that will NEVER happen.

B) Gonzaga was one of the ringleaders in pushing for a neutral site. They got what they asked for. They originaly asked for two years in Spokane and declined the second year because they saw what a pain in the a$$ it was to try and keep their season ticket holders happy. In fact they couldn't do that and they were terrible hosts to the rest of the conference because of it. That's why the second year was in Portland.

C) Gonazaga was THE team that pushed for the tournament format we have now, so if they bitch about that this year... screw 'em.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

Let's see: forget selling tickets in preseason, early booking of rooms and flights, and any attendance other than for the home team. Yeah, those guys really thought through that idea.

up7587 wrote:

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

Let's see: forget selling tickets in preseason, early booking of rooms and flights, and any attendance other than for the home team. Yeah, those guys really thought through that idea.

You presume Ehlo can think.

Purplegeezer wrote:

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

A) that will NEVER happen.

B) Gonzaga was one of the ringleaders in pushing for a neutral site. They got what they asked for. They originaly asked for two years in Spokane and declined the second year because they saw what a pain in the a$$ it was to try and keep their season ticket holders happy. In fact they couldn't do that and they were terrible hosts to the rest of the conference because of it. That's why the second year was in Portland.
C) Gonazaga was THE team that pushed for the tournament format we have now, so if they bitch about that this year... screw 'em.

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I am very curious. Why did you feel the need to make up a bold face lie? Was it to try to make Gonzaga look bad in the eyes of this message board? Or to make you feel better? I'm curious. Why?

http://www.portlandpilots.com/news/2006/2/28/96490.aspx?path=mbball

From www.portlandpilots.com -- prior to the event being played at Gonzaga.

"The 2006 WCC Tournament marks the first time that the conference’s premier event has been held at Gonzaga University. This season is the first of a two-year site rotation in the Pacific Northwest for the WCC Tournament. The 2007 event is scheduled to be held at Portland, while the tournament is slated to move to Southern California for the 2008 and 2009 seasons before returning to the Bay Area in 2010 and 2011"

up7587 wrote:

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:I'm sure Craig Ehlo is pleased about the POY selection.

During Saturday's GU game the gruesome twosome wanted the WCC tournament to be hosted by whoever wins the regular season. Because Spokane is a nicer weekend getaway spot than Vegas.

Let's see: forget selling tickets in preseason, early booking of rooms and flights, and any attendance other than for the home team. Yeah, those guys really thought through that idea.

I suppose the Horizon League (Butler et al) and the Big Sky could benefit from the forward thinking here. After all, those 2 conference reward their regular season champ by hosting the tourney.

In my opinion, neutral (i.e. Vegas) and handicapping (byes, etc) are the best possible scenarios for our conference. Will see some of you this weekend (on Monday night, perhaps?)