- Nov. 27 - BIG EAST Co-Player of the Week
MURPHY AND THE WOODEN WATCH: Troy Murphy is one of the Preseason Top 50
candidates for the 2000-2001 John R. Wooden All-America team. Murphy, a
member of the 10-member squad last season, has been designated as one of
the top 25 vote-getters. He and Duke senior Shane Battier are the only two
previous candidates among the list of 50. The Award Committee will release
a Midseason Top 30 list with the 10-member Wooden Award All-America team
announced on March 27, 2001. From that squad, one member will receive the
Wooden Award Trophy as the nation's "Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball
Player." The announcement will be made on April 6, 2001, and will be shown
on a one-hour telecast on Fox Sports Net.
NAISMITH WATCH: Troy Murphy is listed as the second-leading vote-getter
among 30 preseason candidates announced for the 2000-01 Naismith College
Basketball Player of the Year Award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The preseason candidates including Murphy are: Shane Battier (Duke), Lonny
Baxter (Maryland), Charlie Bell (Michigan State), Carlos Boozer (Duke),
Cory Bradford (Illinois), Eric Chenowith (Kansas), Jarron Collins
(Stanford), Juan Dixon (Maryland), Joe Forte (North Carolina), Jason
Gardner (Arizona), Tony Harris (Tennessee), Udonis Haslem (Florida),
Brendan Haywood (North Carolina), Casey Jacobson (Stanford), Richard
Jefferson (Arizona), Joe Johnson (Arkansas), Ken Johnson (Ohio State),
Kaspars Kambala (UNLV), Jason Kapono (UCLA), Mike Kelley (Wisconsin),
Terence Morris (Maryland), Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky), Kenny Satterfield
(Cincinnati), Brian Scalabrine (Southern California), Jamaal Tinsley (Iowa
State), Jason Williams (Duke), Loren Woods (Arizona), Michael Wright
(Arizona) and Vincent Yarbrough (Tennessee).
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Here are the preseason honors for Irish All-American Troy Murphy:
Associated Press, First Team; Athlon, First Team; Basketball News, First
Team; Basketball Times, First Team; Blue Ribbon, Player of the Year, First
Team; Dick Vitale, First Team All-Rolls-Roycer; The Sporting News, First
Team; Street & Smith's, First Team.
• 1999-2000 Awards
