College Basketball: SLC awards to be released Tuesday

The Southland Conference is set to announce its 2009-2010 All-Conference award winners Tuesday morning. Among those awards given out will be the prizes for Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Here are my picks for POY, DPOY and COY:

Player of the Year — Gilberto Clavell (Sam Houston State) or Kevin Palmer (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi). Clavell averaged 18 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while knocking down 57.8 percent of his shots. Palmer, on the other hand, poured in 19.5 points per game while leading the SLC in steals. ACTUAL SELECTION — Marquez Haynes.

Defensive Player of the Year — William Mosley (Northwestern State). Mosley led the SLC in rebounds (11.1), defensive rebounds (7.4) and blocks per game (3.6). ACTUAL SELECTION — Not given out.

Coach of the Year — Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State). Marlin should be an unanimous pick. He guided the Bearkats to a 14-2 record in the SLC and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. ACTUAL SELECTION — Bob Marlin.