Barea Named to Collegeinsider.com Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team
Nov. 11, 2005
Boston, Mass.

Senior Jose Juan Barea has been named to the 2005-06 collegeinsider.com Preseason Mid-Major All-America team. Barea, who was recently named a first team Preseason All-Conference player in the CAA, garnered the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major All-America honor at the conclusion of last season, as well. The team is selected by Division I coaches and assistants.

Barea, a two-time first team All-America East player averaged 22.2 points per game last seasaon and 7.3 assists per game, finishing eighth and fifth in the nation, respectively. He is the first player to rank among the top 10 in scoring and assists since 1998. Barea guided the Huskies to the America East title game and the school’s first-ever berth in the National Invitation Tournament. Northeastern finished the season with a 21-10 record, its best since 1990-91.

Also named to the Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team were Cal State Fullerton's Bobby Brown, Detroit's Brandon Cotton, Lamar's Alan Daniels, Creighton's Nate Funk, Virginia Commonwealth's Nick George, Oral Roberts' Caleb Green, Buffalo's Yassin Idbihi, Penn's Ibrahim Jaaber, Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson, Sr. Mary's Daniel Kickert, Old Dominion's Alex Loughton, Pacific's Christian Maraker, Winthrop's Torrell Martin, New Orleans' Bo McCalebb, Bucknell’s Chris McNaughton, Georgia Southern's Elton Nesbitt, Denver's Yemi Nicholson, East Tennessee State's Timmy Smith, Bradley's Marcellus Sommerville, Hofstra's Loren Stokes, Alabama A&M's Obie Trotter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Joah Tucker, Oral Roberts' Ken Tutt and Davidson's Brendan Winters.

Northeastern begins the 2005-06 season Fri., Nov. 18 at the Mohegan Sun Classic in New Britain, Conn., as the Huskies square off against Brown beginning at 6 p.m.