UNLV sophomore guard Patrick McCaw was named to the coaches’ second-team All-Mountain West basketball squad on Tuesday, repeating the honor he received by the media two days earlier.
He also was named by the coaches to the league’s all-defensive team.
Going into Wednesday’s 1:30 p.m. conference tournament game against Air Force at the Thomas & Mack Center, McCaw averages 13.9 points and 4.0 assists. He is first in the Mountain West with 2.5 steals per game and tied with fellow Rebel Jerome Seagears for second with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0.
The major awards went to Fresno State’s Marvelle Harris for Player of the Year, San Diego State’s Skylar Spencer for top defender, the Aztecs’ Jeremy Hemsley for top freshman, New Mexico’s Elijah Brown for top newcomer, San Jose State’s Brandon Clarke for top sixth man and San Diego State’s Steve Fisher for top coach.