Doyle, Coble Receive All-Big Ten Honors
3/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2007
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference Tuesday announced its award recipients for the 2006-07 season. Senior Tim Doyle (Merrick, N.Y./St. Dominic) was named honorable mention All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media while newcomer Kevin Coble (Phoenix, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy) was named to the All-Freshman team as voted on by the league's head coaches.
A native of Merrick, N.Y., Doyle filled up the stat sheet all season and was the only Wildcat to start all 30 games. Whether it was his scoring, crafty passing, rebounding or steals on the defensive end, Doyle was all over the floor. He averaged 11.6 points per game, 5.0 assists -- third best in the Big Ten -- 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals, good for fourth in the league. He shot 49 percent from the field and 74 percent from the stripe, which also ranked him among the Big Ten leaders.
Doyle picked up much of his scoring late in the season, averaging 15.6 points and shooting 60 percent over the last 10 games entering the Big Ten Tournament. On Feb. 24 against Purdue he enjoyed the best offensive game of his career with 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field.
With 151 assists on the year, he needs three more assists to tie and four to break the Northwestern record for assists in a season. In only three years at NU, he ranks fourth on the school's all-time assists list with 335. In addition, he also needs one more rebound and two more points to become the first player in school history to record at least 350 points, 150 assists, 100 rebounds and 50 steals in the same season.
Coble was Northwestern's most consistent offensive weapon in 2007, leading the team and ranking 15th in the Big Ten in scoring with 13.3 points per game. He is in line to become just the fifth true-freshman to lead the Wildcats in scoring and the first freshman ever to lead the team in both points and rebounding (5.2) since the 1972-73 season when freshmen became eligible for varsity competition.
The Phoenix, Ariz., native is averaging 15.8 points over the last nine games entering the Tournament. He scored in double-figures 20 times this season and had five games with 20 or more points. Among conference freshmen, he ranks third in scoring (13.3), rebounding (5.2) and 3FG percentage (.375) and fourth in FG percentage (.492). His perfect 5-of-5 shooting performance from behind the arc against Utah in December is tied for the best 3FG shooting performance in the Big Ten this season among all players. He averaged 20.3 ppg in three games at the San Juan Shootout and was named to the all-tournament team for his efforts.
Coble is the second Wildcat freshman to garner all-freshman honors in as many years after Craig Moore picked up the honor last season.
Doyle also was NU's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient.
