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FRENCHHOOPS awards 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the second edition of its awards, FrenchHoops has asked some of its friends in French basketball to vote for its 2004 awards. Vincent Loriot.....................................................................................MaxiBasket journalist. Julien Guerineau................................................................................BasketNews journalist. Chris Blandin......................................................................................Basketinfo webmaster. Eurobasket French Section................................................................www.eurobasket.com. Remy Raisner.....................................................................................FDU player. And of course... FrenchHoops! |
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronny Turiaf Gonzaga...Junior... 6'10" |
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Rather unsurprisingly, Turiaf won the "Player of the Year" 2004 awards. Well, last summer Ronny has been the first player to be in French NT while in NCAA and had a terrific 2003-04 season. Turriaf is not only the best french player in NCAA but also one of the best college player and should be drafted next year... A well deserved awards. Other nominees were Michel Morandais (Colorado) and Yakhouba Diawara (Pepperdine). |
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SENIOR OF THE YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michel Morandais Colorado...Senior... 6'6" |
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Although being undrafted this year, Morandais is still by far one of the best frenchy of NCAA and for sure the best French senior... Other nominees were Frederic Adjiwanou (St Mary's) and Mory Correa (Wyoming). |
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FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angelo Tsagarakis Oregon State...Fresh... 6'3" |
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Who else could be the 2004 French Freshman of the year? WIth a great season, Oregon State sharp shooter has quickly became the "chosen one". Other nominees were: Ulrich Kossepka (JMU) and Adeniyi Amadou (Army). |
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REVELATION OF THE YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guillaume Yango Pacific...Junior... 6'8" |
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Yakhouba Diawara Pepperdine...Junior... 6'7" |
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The 2004 Revelation of the year award goes to two players and former teammates in France (JDA Dijon) and in JUCO (Southern Idaho). Diawara had a break out season when not suspended. Diawara was great in JUCO so his season has just been a kind of confirmation but the player surpassed every expectations and it seems that now he has NBA written all over him. Yango who struggled in JUCO due to a lack of playing time (being Sani Ibrahim's back up) really shown his great skills this season. Other nominee was: Ilian Evtimov (North Carolina St.) |
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FrenchHoops awards 2003 |