March 10, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Thanks to its most wins since 1996, more postseason honors have come the way of the LMU men's basketball team as CollegeInsider.com has named Lions' Head Coach Max Good as the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year, while Sporting News has named sophomore Drew Viney second-team All-WCC.

In his second season, his first full season since taking over in 2008-09, Good has led the Lions to a 15-game turnaround from last year's three win season. At 18-15, the Lions' turnaround is the second best in program history and second in the nation this season. He also led the Lions to its sixth semifinal appearance in the Zappos.com WCC Men's Basketball Championships last weekend.

In addition, the winning record has the Lions eligible for a postseason invitational tournament, its first postseason appearance in 20 years.

As for Viney, the first year player who transfered from Oregon, leads the Lions in both points and rebounds, ranking fourth in the WCC with 16.7 points per contest and fifth with 7.1 rebounds per game. He was named first-team All-WCC by the conference coaches.

2010 CollegeInsider.com Award
WEST COAST
Player of the Year: Omar Samhan (Saint Mary's)
Coach of the Year: Max Good (Loyola Marymount)
Most Valuable Player: Matt Bouldin (Gonzaga)

SPORTING NEWS WCC AWARDS
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Player of the year: Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
Coach of the year: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Freshman of the year: Elias Harris, Gonzaga
Defensive player of the year: Omar Samhan, Saint Mary's

FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Matt Bouldin, G, Gonzaga
Omar Samhan, C, Saint Mary's
Elias Harris, F, Gonzaga
Dior Lowhorn, F, San Francisco
T.J. Campbell, PG, Portland

SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Mickey McConnell, G, Saint Mary's
Drew Viney, F, Loyola Marymount
Nik Raivio, G, Portland
Robert Sacre, C, Gonzaga
Steven Gray, G, Gonzaga

Stay tuned to LMULions.com for an announcement on LMU's postseason play.