Early is Lute Olson Pre-Season All-American

[RoyalShock]

Lute Olson Pre-Season All-Americans

[shoxtop]

Lute Olson Pre-Season All-Americans

Does this count towards rafter eligibility?!

[Dan]

that's a big list.

[Kung Wu]

Jake Odum?

I like Jake, but I don't think of him as an All-American. I do like that the Valley is getting more love though, so I am not complaining.

[MadaboutWu]

Probably mostly a coincidence but I think Early has something to do with the fact that our first two signees for 14-15 are SFs/CFs. Just send them the Louisville tape and say "son, this might be you in 3-4 years."

[ShockerFever]

Is Lute Olson still alive?

[ShockerMas]

It appears that he is still alive and just turned 79 years old in September

[Shoxfan11]

It appears that he is still alive and just turned 79 years old in September

But how many timeouts does he have left?

[shox1989]

But how many timeouts does he have left?

That is pretty good. I am glad he didn't know how many he had left when WSU played Iowa. I think the crowd frenzy may have had something to do with that.

He gave the Shocker crowd some great kudos after that game.

[WuShock16]

These oversized "team" honors annoy me a little. If it is supposed to be a watch list for a NPOY award, that's fine, but if it is an "All-America team" honor, then there should be five on a first team and maybe another five for a second team. There aren't 22 guys on a real basketball team.

[Ta town]

These oversized "team" honors annoy me a little. If it is supposed to be a watch list for a NPOY award, that's fine, but if it is an "All-America team" honor, then there should be five on a first team and maybe another five for a second team. There aren't 22 guys on a real basketball team.

I counted 22 names... 351 teams x 13 players = 4,563, 22/4,563=.005

top 1/2 percent of D1 players isn't that oversized is it?

[shock]

McDermott is a walk on. So with walk ons...
15x351=5265 22/5265=.004
Top 2/5 percent.

[MadaboutWu]

First team, second team, honorable mention would be pretty standard so 15 players.But what's not too like in the top .5% as Ta town says. Really do we have to find something to complain about with every piece of good news!

[SubGod22]

Ta Town has a point though. It really shouldn't go over 15 if it's a team list, but if it's a watch list for AA candidates or NPOY than it may be a tad small.

[Kung Wu]

Maybe add 5 more slots for All-Defense Team, otherwise you have are nothing but forwards/centers on your All-American list (well not really, but you know what I'm saying). So you end up with 15 + 5. Then maybe an MVP slot or two?