RENO, Nev. – A day after being named to the All-Mountain West first team, University of Nevada senior point guard Deonte Burton has been named to the United State Basketball Writers Association District VIII team.
Burton is averaging 20 points, 4.5 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 38.6 minutes per game. He ranks second in the MW and 24th nationally in scoring while his minutes per game is third nationally.
Nevada opens play in the 2014 Reese’s Mountain West Championship on Thursday in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas at 8:30 p.m. The third seeded Wolf Pack plays the winner of Wednesday’s game between #6 Boise State and #11 San Jose State.
DISTRICT VIII (WY, UT, ID, NM, CO, NV, MT)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico
COACH OF THE YEAR
Craig Neal, New Mexico
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico
Daniel Bejarano, Colorado State
Askia Booker, Colorado
Deonte Burton, Nevada
Anthony Drmic, Boise State
Tyler Haws, BYU
Stephen Madison, Idaho
Josh Scott, Colorado
Kendall Williams, New Mexico
Delon Wright, Utah
