It’s not hard to see why the Oregon men’s basketball is ranked No. 8 overall in the country and secured its first regular season conference title since 2002: It has a roster including some of the best players in the conference.
This afternoon, the Pac-12 acknowledged some of those standouts at Oregon in its yearly All-Conference honors list.
Dillon Brooks and Elgin Cook were both named to the First Team All-Pac-12 team. Brooks, leads the team in points (16.7 per game) and minutes (32.8), while Cook, one of two seniors in the rotation, has contributed 14.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
“It’s a big accomplishment,” Cook said. “It’s an individual award. It doesn’t sum up what we want to do here at Oregon. But I feel great.”
“They deserve it,” Dana Altman said. “They did a great job. I’m really happy for those guys. We got good players and they’ve been really fun to work with.”
Pasadena native Tyler Dorsey was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshmen team alongside California’s Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb, Washington’s Dejounte Murray, and Arizona’s Alonso Trier.
Rounding out the list of honors was reigning NJCAA Division I Player of the year Chris Boucher who made the inclusive Pac-12 All-Defensive team. Boucher, who boasted a 12.0 points and 7.5 rebounds stat line in his first season at the Division I level, broke a school record with 98 blocks, which is also good for most in the country this season.
Check back in at 6 p.m. when the Pac-12 announces its player and coach of the year.
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