Here's the thing about poseason awards. If the Minutemen finished higher Gurley would probably be second team at least, but leading scorer on an eighth place team lands on the third team.

As usual coaches have no perspective when voting for coach of the year. Xavier was picked to be good (second) and was good (first) and the coaches picked Chris Mack as the Coach of the Year.

Take nothing away from Mack. He's done a terrific job. He inherited a great program and has kept it there. That's not easy to do. But was his the most impressive coaching job of the year?

Duquesne's Ron Everhart was picked eighth and finished fourth. He did that at a program that had been a serial loser in the conference. Getting the Dukes to a first-round bye and likely an NIT trip is much harder than winning a regular season title at Xavier.

George Washington went from 10th to fifth without Lasan Kromah who was out for the season. St. Bonaventure from 13th, which would have beeb out of the A-10 Tournament to having a home game at No. 7.

My vote (I don't have a vote, as only the coaches pick in the postseason) would have been for Everhart.

Xavier's  Tu Holloway was the player of the year.

Duquesne's T.J. McConnell, whose game I love, was the rookie of the year.

Scootie Randall was the most improved player, raising some eyebrows from people that thought Justin Harper would have made a good candidate, while Temple's Khalif Wyatt was the league's top sixth man.