PROVIDENCE, RI – The American Athletic Conference announced four individual awards for men’s basketball on Wednesday. UCF sophomore Tacko Fall was voted American Defensive Player of the Year, and Cameron Reynolds of Tulane was tabbed the conference’s Most Improved Player. Cincinnati senior Troy Caupain earned the conference’s Sportsmanship Award, while his teammate Jarron Cumberland was selected the Sixth Man of the Year along with SMU’s Ben Emelogu.
In his sophomore season, the 7-foot-6 Fall started all 30 games for UCF, anchoring a defense that leads the nation in field-goal percentage defense (36.