Malcolm Lee, three other Bruins make All-Pac-10 teams

Malcolm Lee, three other Bruins make All-Pac-10 teams

By RYAN MENEZES
The Daily Bruin
Published March 7, 2011 in Sports: Bruin Sights
Updated: March 7, 2011, 3:11 PM


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Headlined by Malcolm Lee, four UCLA men’s basketball players earned all-conference honors from the Pac-10 on Monday.

The junior guard landed on the all-Pac-10 First Team and the all-defensive team, while sophomore forwards Reeves Nelson and Tyler Honeycutt joined him on the First Team. Freshman center Joshua Smith rounded out the Bruins receiving honors with his all-freshman team selection.

Arizona, winner of the Pac-10 regular season title, took home two big pieces of hardware. Derrick Williams, Freshman of the Year in 2010, won Player of the Year, while coach Sean Miller was named Coach of the Year.

The complete list of honors, as voted on by the conference’s coaches:


All-Pac-10 First Team:

Matthew Bryan-Amaning (Washington, senior forward)
Jeremy Green (Stanford, junior guard)
Jorge Gutierrez (California, junior guard)
Tyler Honeycutt (UCLA, sophomore forward)
Malcolm Lee (UCLA, junior guard)
Reeves Nelson (UCLA, sophomore forward)
Isaiah Thomas (Washington, junior guard)
Klay Thompson (Washington State, junior guard)
Nikola Vucevic (USC, junior forward)
Derrick Williams (Arizona, sophomore forward)


All-Pac-10 Second Team:

DeAngelo Casto (Washington State, junior forward)
Joevan Catron (Oregon, senior forward)
Jared Cunningham (Oregon State, sophomore guard)
Harper Kamp (California, junior forward)
Trent Lockett (Arizona State, sophomore guard)


All-Freshmen Team:

Anthony Brown (Stanford, guard/forward)
Allen Crabbe (California, guard)
Maurice Jones (USC, guard)
Dwight Powell (Stanford, forward)
Joshua Smith (UCLA, center)
C.J. Wilcox (Washington, guard)


All-Defensive Team:

DeAngelo Casto (Washington State, junior forward)
Jared Cunningham (Oregon State, sophomore guard)
Jorge Gutierrez (California, junior guard)
Malcolm Lee (UCLA, junior guard)
Marcus Simmons (USC, senior guard)

Player of the Year: Derrick Williams, Arizona
Freshman of the Year: Allen Crabbe, California
Defensive Player of the Year: Marcus Simmons, USC
Most Improved Player of the Year: Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington
Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona