BATON ROUGE – LSU forwards Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey, were named All-District on the teams announced Tuesday by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
The results were based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. The USBWA has selected All-District Teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year.
For each of the nine geographic districts, ten players are selected (11 in the case of ties) as well as a player and coach of the year. Four schools – Gonzaga (Kyle Wiltjer and Mark Few), Kentucky (Willie Cauley-Stein and John Calipari), Northern Iowa (Seth Tuttle and Ben Jacobson) and Wisconsin (Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan) – can boast the honor of having the district player and coach of the year. Villanova’s Jay Wright (District II) and Tony Bennett (District III) have earned back-to-back District Coach of the Year honors.
Those selected for All-District are eligible to be selected as USBWA All-Americans that will be announced next week.
The USBWA District VII team which covers colleges in the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana:
PLAYER OF THE YEAR — Bobby Portis, Arkansas
COACH OF THE YEAR — Scott Drew, Baylor
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Kyan Anderson, TCU
Rico Gathers, Baylor
Jarell Martin, LSU
Jordan Mickey, LSU
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Taurean Prince, Baylor
Michael Qualls, Arkansas
Myles Turner, Texas
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin
Zeek Woodley, Northwestern State