Harangody and McAlarney Named to All-BIG EAST First Team
10th Mar 2008
Sophomore forward Luke Harangody was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team today as one of eleven players. He was a unanimous selection along with Connecticut’s A.J. Price, Louisville’s David Padgett and Georgetown’s Roy Hibbert. Luke was one of only two sophomores on the First Team, the other was Deonta Vaughn of Cincinnati. Harangody lead the Big East in scoring with with 21.0 points per game and finished second in rebounding with an average of 10.3. I’m not going to get into too much detail about Luke’s season because he should be named BIG EAST Player of the Year tomorrow and I will have an in-depth post than. Congratulations Luke Harangody.
Junior guard Kyle McAlarney was also named to the All-BIG East First Team for the first time in his career. He has been the conference’s best three-point shooter the entire season and has played very well after missing most of last season. He has averaged an impressive 15.0 points per game while grabbing 2.1 rebounds and dishing out 3.6 assists. Could possibly win the Big East Most Improved Player tomorrow after bouncing back from his mistake. Kyle has made some key shots this year and has been very reliable. The greatest news is that he will be back next year and the Irish should be even better. Congratulations Kyle McAlarney.
5 Comments to “Harangody and McAlarney Named to All-BIG EAST First Team”
Sir John
This is a surprisingly good year for ND. I read a news article this am that many ND fans grumble about Brey and urged Brey to head South for more money.
Saint Knute
No mention ofTory Jackson? That’s outrageous! With an Assist to turnover ratio of 2 to 1, AND 5 rebounds a game, and still averages 9 points a game.
Kevin
I was expecting Tory Jackson to make at least the Honor Roll. He had a fantastic year and is a large part of Notre Dame’s success.
weisgipper
One snub that I thought that deserves mention is that of Rob Kurz being left off. Kurz at least deserved to be on the Honorable Mention. Here are Rob’s numbers:
Points: 12.7 overall (25th); 11.8 conference (30th)
Rebounding: 7.5 overall (11th); 7.3 conference (10th)
FT%: 85 overall (2nd); 88.9 conference (2nd)
Blocked Shots: 40 overall (10th); 24 conference (9th)
Kevin
Yeah it would have been nice if they gave him an Honorable Metion considering he is a senior and the true leader on the team. His numbers are pretty decent and I didn’t realize he had that many blocked shots. Pretty good.