Honoring defenders

Sam Vecenie offers his projected All-Defensive team honorees for the 2014-15 season and it contains three guards, one of whom (Briante Weber of VCU) is selecting as Defensive Player of the Year, plus two centers. Bravo for the recognition that defending isn't solely blocking shots.

The writeup on Weber:

"...To call Weber a great defender is an understatement. Weber is an historically great collegiate defender. He is the linchpin of Shaka Smart's "Havoc," a player with an indefatigable motor as well as superb quickness that allows him to stay in front of everyone that the opposition can place in front of him. He presses, pests and annoys offensive players through sheer speed and energy. Those skills alone would be enough to land him on this list somewhere. However, combining them with his incredible hand-eye coordination creates a weapon that is unlike any other in the NCAA, and one that could enter the NCAA's record book come March..."