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Williams Selected For NABC Reese's All-Star Game
3/31/2015 10:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Murray State's Jarvis Williams has been selected to play in the Reese's 2015 Division-I College All-Star game during Final Four weekend in Indianapolis.
Williams, who just finished a tremendous senior season with the Racers, will participate on the west squad when the game is played April 3. Tip time is at 3:30 p.m. Central Time at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Williams, named All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team, was one of the top duel threats in ranking the top-10 in the OVC in scoring at 15.7 for fifth place and third in rebounding at 8.4. Jarvis was one of two players to rank in the top-10 in scoring and rebounding in the OVC this season.
With Williams patrolling the paint this season, The Racers won 25 straight games and didn't lose a game from December through February. The streak was tops in school and OVC history and second-longest in the nation. MSU finished 29-6 was the first team in MSU history to go undefeated in the OVC at 16-0 and just the fifth in the 67 seasons of the league. The Racers notched their first wins in the National Invitation Tournament since 1980 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Nebraska's Tim Miles and Jim Crews of Saint Louis will serve as head coaches for the all-star game. Miles will coach the Reese's East All-Stars while Crews will lead the Reese's West All-Stars.
The game features 20 of the nation's most outstanding college senior student-athletes selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
The all-star event is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
The National Association of Basketball Coaches Located in Kansas City, Missouri. The NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
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Murray State's Jarvis Williams has been selected to play in the Reese's 2015 Division-I College All-Star game during Final Four weekend in Indianapolis.
Williams, who just finished a tremendous senior season with the Racers, will participate on the west squad when the game is played April 3. Tip time is at 3:30 p.m. Central Time at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Williams, named All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team, was one of the top duel threats in ranking the top-10 in the OVC in scoring at 15.7 for fifth place and third in rebounding at 8.4. Jarvis was one of two players to rank in the top-10 in scoring and rebounding in the OVC this season.
With Williams patrolling the paint this season, The Racers won 25 straight games and didn't lose a game from December through February. The streak was tops in school and OVC history and second-longest in the nation. MSU finished 29-6 was the first team in MSU history to go undefeated in the OVC at 16-0 and just the fifth in the 67 seasons of the league. The Racers notched their first wins in the National Invitation Tournament since 1980 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Nebraska's Tim Miles and Jim Crews of Saint Louis will serve as head coaches for the all-star game. Miles will coach the Reese's East All-Stars while Crews will lead the Reese's West All-Stars.
The game features 20 of the nation's most outstanding college senior student-athletes selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
The all-star event is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
The National Association of Basketball Coaches Located in Kansas City, Missouri. The NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
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