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Allen Crabbe has been named Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Crabbe was joined on the All-Pac-12 First Team by Arizona State's Jahii Carson, UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad and Larry Drew II, Colroado's Spencer Dinwiddie and Andre Roberson, Arizona's Solomon Hill and Mark Lyons, Stanford's Dwight Powell and Oregon's E.J. Singler.
Roberson was also named Defensive Player of the Year, while Carson and Muhammad were named co-Freshman of the Year.
MILWAUKEE – Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers was moved to tears, red-eyed, on Saturday night when asked about his former Marquette coach, Rick Majerus. Rivers spent all three of his seasons with the Warriors under then-assistant Majerus, and it was in a summer camp where the coach gave him the longstanding nickname “Doc.”
After compiling a 517-216 record at four colleges, Majerus passed away Saturday at the age of 64 due to heart failure.
“That’s a tough one for me,” Rivers said after the Celtics’ 91-88 loss to the Bucks. “He’s the one who gave me my name. I knew before [the game] that he wasn’t going to make it through tonight. I don’t want to talk too much about it.”
Majerus had a tremendous run at Utah from 1989 to 2004, leading the university to a 323-95 record. He became Marquette’s head coach in 1983, following Rivers’ departure through the NBA draft.
Rick Majerus has passed away at the age of 64 in a Los Angeles hospital due to heart failure.
Majerus had a history of heart problems and announced last month that he would not be returning as head coach of Saint Louis due to his heart condition.
Majerus had an overall record of 517-216 at four colleges, including an outstanding 323-95 mark at Utah from 1989-2004.
Rick Majerus has retired because of a serious heart condition.
Majerus already had taken a leave of absence this season from Saint Louis to address his health issues.
On Friday afternoon, the school announced that he would be unable to return to coaching at any point.
“Coach Majerus’ health is of the utmost importance, and our thoughts and prayers are with him as he faces his challenges,” Saint Louis athletics director Chris May said in a statement. “We are thankful for Rick’s efforts as he succeeded by all accounts as our head men’s basketball coach. This is an exciting season for the program, and we think it is important to communicate, with transparency, to the student-athletes, staff and our loyal fans that Rick will not be returning. Majerus remains in California to deal with the problem."
Majerus retires with a 517-216 record in 25 years as a head coach at Marquette, Ball State, Utah and Saint Louis.
Delon Wright, a 6-foot-5 point guard from San Francisco City College, has committed to Utah.
Wright, the younger brother of Sixers small forward Dorell Wright, said he was sold on the Utes last week during a campus visit that included attending the Utah-BYU football game.
"I really wanted to go to a school that had a good sports tradition," he said. "I just liked the coaches and the players."