Coach L & Larkin Earn Basketball Times Honors
University of Miami men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga and Shane Larkin have been selected to the Basketball Times’ All-District team for the South region.
Larrañaga is the South region Coach of the Year while Larkin was the only ACC player listed on the all-district team.
In his second year at Miami, Larrañaga led his team to an overall record of 27-6, the most wins in program history. The Hurricanes, who won both the ACC regular season title and the ACC Tournament, enter the NCAA Championship as a No. 2 seed in the East Region. Miami was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally, defeated No. 1 Duke and hosted five capacity crowds at the BankUnited Center this season – all firsts for the program. Beyond the victory over Duke, Larrañaga’s Canes picked up a marquee victory over No. 13 Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and defeated North Carolina three times. He guided his Hurricanes to a 15-3 ACC record in the 2012-13 season, earning Miami the top seed in the ACC tournament.
Larkin, the Orlando, Fla., native, was selected as the Lute Olson National Player of the Year. He was also a Bob Cousy Award finalist (top 5), Wooden Award finalist (top 15) and Naismith Player of the Year candidate (top 30). He was listed as a Second Team All-America (AP, NABC, ESPN), John Wooden All-America, Third Team All-America (Sporting News), Lute Olson All-America, Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American and named to the USBWA All-District IV Team. Larkin was ACC Player of the Year (Coaches, Sports Illustrated, ESPN), All-ACC First Team (ASCMA, Coaches, ESPN) and All-ACC Defensive Team (ASCMA, Coaches). He was named ACC Tournament MVP and ACC All-Tournament First Team after leading the Canes to the championship while averaging 23.7 ppg over the three-game stretch. Larkin led the Canes in scoring (14.5 ppg), points (522), assists (164), steals (71) and 3-point percentage (40.6%).
Basketball Times’ All-District Team (South)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
Joe Jackson, Memphis
Shane Larkin, Miami
Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
Russ Smith, Louisville
Coach: Jim Larrañaga, Miami
Coach Jim Larrañaga’s 2012-13 Awards
• Naismith Coach of the Year
• Associated Press Coach of the Year
• USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year
• Skip Prosser Man of the Year award finalist
• Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year finalist
• Naismith Coach of the Year finalist
• USBWA Coach of the Year – District IV
• NABC All-District Coach – District 2
• Basketball Times All-District Coach – South
• ACC Coach of the Year (Coaches)
• ACC Coach of the Year (ASCMA)
• ACC Coach of the Year – Sports Illustrated (Seth Davis)
• ACC Coach of the Year – ESPN (Jason King)
• All-Coaches Teams – First Team – ESPN (Jason King)
Shane Larkin‘s 2012-13 Awards
• Lute Olson National Player of the Year
• AP Second Team All-American
• John Wooden All-American
• Bob Cousy Award finalist (top 5)
• Naismith Player of the Year candidate (top 30)
• Wooden Award finalist (top 15)
• Third Team All-American – The Sporting News
• Second Team All-American – NABC
• Lute Olson All-American
• Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American
• USBWA All-District IV Team
• ACC Tournament MVP
• ACC Player of the Year (Coaches)
• ACC All-Tournament First Team
• All-ACC First Team (Coaches)
• All-ACC Defensive Team (Coaches)
• All- ACC First Team (ASCMA)
• All-ACC Defensive Team (ASCMA)
• ACC Player of the Year – Sports Illustrated (Seth Davis)
• Second Team All-American – ESPN (Jason King)
• ACC Player of the Year – ESPN (Jason King)
• All-ACC First Team – ESPN (Jason King)
• Basketball Times All-District – South
• Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week – Feb. 4
• ACC Player of the Week – Feb. 4
