March 8, 2005

All-Big Ten Teams in PDF Format
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EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern junior forward Vedran Vukusic has been named a consensus third-team All-Big Ten selection for the 2004-05 season. It is the second-straight season he has earned All-Big Ten recognition; last season, he was an honorable mention honoree.

Vukusic leads the Wildcats and is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (17.2 ppg) entering this weekend's Big Ten Tournament. The Wildcats are the eighth seed and will face ninth-seeded Michigan Thursday at 11 a.m. at the United Center in Chicago.

Vukusic has led NU in scoring 20 times in 29 games this season, and had 26 double-figure scoring games (in the three where he did not reach double digits, he fell just one point shy with nine). He also led the 'Cats in rebounding six times. Vukusic had nine games with 20 or more points, including a 32-point outing against Iowa that is the best-scoring game by a Wildcat player in the Bill Carmody era (five seasons).

Vukusic has knocked down 63 three-point baskets this season, good for eighth on NU's single-season list, and is two points shy of becoming just the ninth Wildcat player in history to score 500 in a single season. He is scheduled to start NU's Big Ten Tournament game with Michigan, which would be his 30th start of the season; that would tie a school record.

Vukusic became the 26th player in school history to reach 1,000 points for his career when he drained 17 vs. Michigan State on March 2, and he is just the 14th to do it in three seasons.

Vukusic's fellow Croatian, senior Davor Duvancic, was Northwestern's recipient for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

The complete All-Big Ten Teams are listed below.

* unanimous selections
player names in ALL CAPS have 2005-06 eligibility

AS SELECTED BY THE BIG TEN COACHES
First Team
DEE BROWN, Illinois*
VINCENT GRIER, Minnesota
Luther Head, Illinois
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin*
DERON WILLIAMS, Illinois
Second Team
MAURICE AGER, Michigan State
GREG BRUNNER, Iowa
TERENCE DIALS, Ohio State
CARL LANDRY, Purdue
BRACEY WRIGHT, Indiana
Third Team
Alan Anderson, Michigan State
JAMES AUGUSTINE, Illinois
PAUL DAVIS, Michigan State
ALANDO TUCKER, Wisconsin
Vedran Vukusic, Northwestern
Honorable Mention
SHANNON BROWN, Michigan State
Jeff Hagen, Minnesota
ADAM HALUSKA, Iowa
DION HARRIS, Michigan
JEFF HORNER, Iowa
Roger Powell Jr., Illinois
D.J. WHITE, Indiana
All-Freshman Team
GEARY CLAXTON, Penn State
DAN COLEMAN, Minnesota
DREW NEITZEL, Michigan State
ROBERT VADEN, Indiana
D.J. WHITE, Indiana

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
DEE BROWN, Illinois

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
DEE BROWN, Illinois

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
D.J. WHITE, Indiana

AS SELECTED BY THE BIG TEN MEDIA
First Team
DEE BROWN, Illinois
Luther Head, Illinois
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin
DERON WILLIAMS, Illinois
BRACEY WRIGHT, Indiana
Second Team
Alan Anderson, Michigan State
GREG BRUNNER, Iowa
TERENCE DIALS, Ohio State
VINCENT GRIER, Minnesota
CARL LANDRY, Purdue
Third Team
MAURICE AGER, Michigan State
JAMES AUGUSTINE, Illinois
PAUL DAVIS, Michigan State
ALANDO TUCKER, Wisconsin
Vedran Vukusic, Northwestern
Honorable Mention
Jeff Hagen, Minnesota
ADAM HALUSKA, Iowa
DION HARRIS, Michigan
JEFF HORNER, Iowa
AARON JOHNSON, Penn State
Roger Powell Jr., Illinois
D.J. WHITE, Indiana

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
DEE BROWN, Illinois

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
D.J. WHITE, Indiana

COACH OF THE YEAR
Bruce Weber, Illinois

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Roger Powell Jr., Illinois
Mike Roberts, Indiana
Greg Brunner, Iowa
Graham Brown, Michigan
Chris Hill, Michigan State
Brent Lawson, Minnesota
Davor Duvancic, Northwestern
Matt Marinchick, Ohio State
Kevin Fellows, Penn State
Andrew Ford, Purdue
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin