MAC Announces Men's Basketball All-MAC, All-Freshman Teams
Cleveland, Ohio - Today the Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC First Team, Second Team, Third Team and Honorable Mention selections for the 2013-14 season. The teams were voted on by the league's head coaches. The league's All-Freshman team was also announced today.
Buffalo’s Javon McCrea was named to this year's All-MAC First Team, marking the third consecutive season that the senior forward has been selected for the honor. Joining McCrea on the 2013-14 First Team is Toledo’s Julius “Juice” Brown, Western Michigan’s David Brown, Akron’s Demetrius “Tree” Treadwell & Western Michigan’s Shayne Whittington. Treadwell and Whittington made an appearance on last year’s All-MAC Second Team, while UT’s Brown earned Third Team accolades last season. This is the first All-MAC honor of any kind for WMU’s Brown.
The All-MAC Second Team featured Akron’s Quincy Diggs, Miami’s Will Felder, Ohio’s Nick Kellogg & Maurice Ndour and Toledo’s Rian Pearson.
All-MAC Third Team honors went to Toledo’s Justin Drummond, Central Michigan’s Chris Fowler, Bowling Green’s Richaun Holmes, Ball State’s Majok Majok & Eastern Michigan’s Karrington Ward.
Rounding out this year's team as Honorable Mentions were Kent State’s Kris Brewer, Buffalo’s Joshua Freelove, Western Michigan’s Connor Tava, Northern Illinois’ Jordan Threloff & Toledo’s J.D. Weatherspoon.
The MAC All-Freshman Team was made up of Northern Illinois’ Aaric Armstead, Buffalo’s Shannon Evans, Western Michigan’s Tucker Haymond, Ball State’s Zavier Turner & Toledo’s Jonathan Williams.
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All-MAC First Team
Julius "Juice" Brown, G, Toledo
David Brown, G, Western Michigan
Javon McCrea, F, Buffalo
Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell, F, Akron
Shayne Whittington, F, Western Michigan
All-MAC Second Team
Quincy Diggs, G, Akron
Will Felder, F, Miami
Nick Kellogg, G, Ohio
Maurice NDour, F, Ohio
Rian Pearson, G, Toledo
All-MAC Third Team
Justin Drummond, G, Toledo
Chris Fowler, G, Central Michigan
Richaun Holmes, F, Bowling Green
Majok Majok, F/C, Ball State
Karrington Ward, F, Eastern Michigan
Honorable Mention
Kris Brewer, G, Kent State
Josh Freelove, G, Buffalo
Connor Tava, F, Western Michigan
Jordan Threloff, C, Northern Illinois
J.D. Weatherspoon, F, Toledo
MAC All-Freshman Team
Aaric Armstead, G, Northern Illinois
Shannon Evans, G, Buffalo
Tucker Haymond, G, Western Michigan
Zavier Turner, G, Ball State
Jonathan Williams, G, Toledo