Watchlists On January 9, 4 Big Ten points guards (Burke,
Keith Appling, Craft and
Andre Hollins) among the 20 Cousy Award finalists. On January 10 the Wooden Award midseason top 25 list was announced and it included Burke,
Brandon Paul and
Deshaun Thomas. On January 31, Burke,
Victor Oladipo, Thomas and
Cody Zeller were named to the
Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA National Player of the Year) midseason top 12 list, while
Yogi Ferrell,
Glenn Robinson III and
Nik Stauskas were named to the
Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA National Freshman of the Year) top 12 midseason list.
Jared Berggren,
Aaron Craft,
Jordan Hulls and Zeller were first team All-District selections placing them among the 40 candidates for the 15-man Academic All-American team. On February 26, Oladipo, Zeller, Thomas, Paul, Burke and Berggren were among the top 30 finalists for the Naismith Award. On March 4, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas and Zeller were announced on the 14-man Robertson watchlist, while
Gary Harris was among 8 players on the Tisdale watchlist. On March 9, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas and Zeller were named as top 15 Wooden Award finalists. On March 11, Burke was named one of five finalists for the Cousy Award. On March 24, Burke and Oladipo was named among four finalists for the Naismith Award.
All-Americans Jordan Hulls was named a finalist for the
Senior CLASS Award, making him one of ten Senior All-Americans. Craft, a repeat Academic All-America selection, was named the
Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year. He was joined on the Academic All-America first team by Zeller, and Hulls was a third team selection. Burke and Oladipo were named a first-team All-American by
Sporting News (TSN) on March 11, while Thomas was a second-team selection and Zeller was named to the third-team. Burke and Oladipo were also named to the first team by the USBWA On March 18, while Zeller was named to its second team. Burke and Zeller were named All-American by
Sports Illustrated (SI) on March 19. On March 20 Burke and Oladipo were named to the
CBSSports.com All-American first team, while Thomas was a second team selection, Zeller was a third team selection and Craft was Defensive Player of the Year. On March 26, Burke, Oladipo, Thomas, and Zeller were selected to the 21-man 2013 Lute Olson All-America Team. On March 28, Burke and Oladipo were named first team All-American by the NABC, while Zeller was a second team selection and Thomas was a third team selection. On April 1, the Associated Press gave the Big Ten the same recognitions as the NABC: 1st team: Burke and Oladipo, 2nd team: Zeller and 3rd team: Thomas. On the same day, Burke, Oladipo, Zeller and Thomas were named to the 10-man Wooden All-American team of finalists for the Wooden Award. Also on April 1,
Glenn Robinson III and
Gary Harris were named to the 21-man 2013 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team.
National awards TSN named Oladipo
National Player of the Year on March 13. SI also named Burke National Player of the Year on the 19th. Burke also won the
Bob Cousy Award on April 4. On April 5, Burke won the
Oscar Robertson Trophy from the USBWA as well as the John R. Wooden Award.
Jordan Hulls won the
Senior CLASS Award. On April 7, Burke won the
NABC Player of the Year and
Naismith College Player of the Year awards. Oladipo was named co-National Defensive Player of the Year (along with
Jeff Withey) by the NABC. Oladipo also won the
Adolph Rupp Trophy.
All-Big Ten Awards and Teams On March 11, The Big Ten announced most of its conference awards. On March 27, 38 Big Ten men's basketball players were recognized as Winter Academic All-Big Ten honorees for maintaining 3.0 averages.
USBWA On March 12, the
U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2012–13 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.
District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV) None Selected
District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI)
Player of the Year •
Trey Burke, Michigan
Coach of the Year •
Tom Crean, Indiana
All-District Team •
Trey Burke, Michigan •
Cody Zeller, Indiana •
Brandon Paul, Illinois •
Victor Oladipo, Indiana •
Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan •
Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota •
Aaron Craft, Ohio State •
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State •
Jared Berggren, Wisconsin
District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD) None Selected
NABC The
National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball
student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the District 7 players chosen to the list. ;First Team •
Trey Burke, Michigan •
Cody Zeller, Indiana •
Victor Oladipo, Indiana •
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State •
Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan ;Second Team •
Keith Appling, Michigan State •
Christian Watford, Indiana •
Aaron Craft, Ohio State •
Jared Berggren, Wisconsin •
Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota
Coaching Tom Izzo will be recognized with the 2013
Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award on April 15. John Beilein was selected as an assistant coach for the
2013 World University Games.
Bo Ryan earned the NABC's Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award. ==Notes==