Trivia: James Palmer Jr. is NU's first returning first-team all-conference player since...
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Yep. Petteway was first team in 2014 and third team in 2015.
Now who was the last one before that?
Jerry Fort? No, actually I think it was Pike. Maric and Hamilton were first team their senior years and I think Lue only was first team his junior year. But I may be wrong about Lue.
Piatkowski for the win. He was 1st team All-Big 8 in '93 and '94.
Lue, Hamilton and Maric were 1st team All-Big XII in their final years only ('98, '99 and '08). Correct that Lue was 1st team his junior year. He declared after three seasons.
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I knew Lue left after his junior year but I couldn't remember if he was first team as a soph. Damn, my old man's memory isn't as bad as I thought. Now if I could just find those $%&# car keys!
Just looked it up. Lue was 2nd team All-Big XII in '97 as a sophomore. You wanna feel old? Chauncey Billups, Raef LaFrentz and Tony Battie were on the 1st team. Paul Pierce was on the 3rd team and Mikki Moore was honorable mention.
From 1957 (formation of the Big 8) forward, we've had 23 1st team All-Conference honors in 61 years.
Big 8 ('57-'95): 18/38 (.474)
Big XII ('96-'10): 3/15 (.200)
Big Ten ('11-'18): 2/8 (.250)
Total ('57-'18): 23/61 (.377)
We'll have more All-Conference players in the future, but they've certainly been fewer and further between since the Big 8.
I want to know when our next AA player will come along. We had eight from 1913-1978, better than one a decade. Since then, a 40-year drought. Could it be JPJ this year?
Some really good talent in the conference back in the day. That Kansas team with Paul Pierce, Raef LaFrentz, Jacque Vaughn, and Scott Pollard is maybe the best team to not win the title.
Polish Rifle! Saw him play at Staples and the Sports Arena in LA. He could stroke it.
Hinrich, Collison and Simien not too shabby, or Hinrich, Collison and Gooden. KU just couldn't get over the hump.
Crazy that Collison just retired after this season. Russell Westbrook was being recognized for some award toward the end of the year and he did a nice tribute to Collison knowing that it was probably the end for him. He was with the Sonics/Thunder franchise for all 14 of his seasons in the NBA... you hardly ever see a guy with one team that long.
