the USBWA. Honors and awards Four players (Novak, Craft, Drew Crawford and Jared Berggren) were named Academic All-District, meaning that they were among the 40 finalists to be named to the 15-man Academic All-America Team. Craft was named to the first team, Crawford to the second team and Novak to the third team, giving the Big Ten three Academic All-Americans, which was more than any other conference. Conference honors Two sets of conference award winners were recognized by the Big Ten - one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media. NABC The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All‐District teams on March 14, 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 selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches’ Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the Big Ten players chosen to the list. Since the Big Ten Conference was its own district, this is equivalent to being named All-Big Ten by the NABC. First Team Draymond Green Michigan State Jared Sullinger Ohio State Jordan Taylor Wisconsin William Buford Ohio State John Shurna Northwestern Second Team Cody Zeller Indiana Robbie Hummel Purdue Tim Frazier Penn State Trey Burke Michigan Brandon Paul Illinois USBWA On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 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 Draymond Green, Michigan State Coach of the Year Tom Izzo, Michigan State All-District Team William Buford, Ohio State Trey Burke, Michigan Draymond Green, Michigan State Robbie Hummel, Purdue John Shurna, Northwestern Jared Sullinger, Ohio State Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin Cody Zeller, Indiana District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD) None Selected National postseason honors Sullinger and Green were first team 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans by The Sporting News, while Zeller was a member of their All-Freshman team. Green and Sullinger were also first team All-American selections by the United States Basketball Writers Association. On March 20, the NABC chose Green