Howland, Farmar, Afflalo and Mbah a Moute Earn Pac-10 Honors

By Bruin Basketball Report

UCLA Head Coach Ben Howland was named Monday Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute was named Freshman Player of the Year, and named to the All-Pac-10 Freshman team.

UCLA sophomore guards, Arron Afflalo and Jordan Farmar, were both named to the All-Pac-10 Conference team.

Washington's Brandon Roy was named the Player of the Year.

Additionally, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute received honorable mention to the All-Pac-10 Conference team, and Darren Collison received honorable mention to the All-Pac-10 Freshman team.

Pac-10 Conference coaches vote on the categories.

The Complete Conference Honors:

ALL-PAC-10 Team

Name School Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown (Last School)

Hassan Adams ARIZ G Sr. 6-4 220 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS)

Arron Afflalo UCLA G So. 6-5 200 Compton, CA (Centennial HS)

Jordan Farmar UCLA G So. 6-2 180 Van Nuys, CA (Taft HS)

Matt Haryasz STAN F Sr. 6-10 230 Page, AZ (Page HS)

Chris Hernandez STAN G Sr. 6-2 190 Fresno, CA (Clovis West HS)

Leon Powe CAL F So. 6-8 240 Oakland, CA (Oakland Tech HS)

Gabe Pruitt USC G So. 6-4 170 Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS)

Brandon Roy WASH G Sr. 6-6 210 Seattle, WA (Garfield HS)

Ayinde Ubaka CAL G Jr. 6-4 200 Oakland, CA (Oakland HS)

Nick Young USC G/F So. 6-6 195 Los Angeles, CA (Cleveland HS)

Honorable Mention (also receiving votes): Malik Hairston (ORE, So., G), DeVon Hardin (CAL, So., F), Bobby Jones (WASH, Sr., F), Kevin Kruger (ASU, Jr., G), Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (UCLA, Fr., F), Ivan Radenovic (ARIZ, Jr., F), Jamaal Williams (WASH, Sr., F).


PAC-10 All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos Ht Wt Hometown (Last School)

Jon Brockman WASH F 6-7 245 Snohomish, WA (Snohomish HS)

Justin Dentmon WASH G 6-0 180 Carbondale, IL (Winchendon School)

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute UCLA F 6-7 215 Yaounde, Cameroon (Montverde, Fla., Academy)

Jeff Pendergraph ASU F 6-10 210 Etwanda, CA (Etiwanda HS)

Marcus Williams ARIZ F 6-7 205 Seattle, WA (Roosevelt HS)

Honorable Mention (also receiving votes): Darren Collison (UCLA, G), Ryan Francis (USC, G), Mitch Johnson (STAN, G), Theo Robertson (CAL, F).

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Brandon Roy, Washington

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA

COACH OF THE YEAR: Ben Howland, UCLA


(BruinBasketballReport.com)