| | LOS ANGELES -- Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State and Chris
Porter of Auburn were among 22 players Monday placed on the ballot
for the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's player of the
year.
Fourteen of the players are seniors, and the Big 12 and Big Ten
conferences each had four players on the ballot.
Included on the ballot are Courtney Alexander of Fresno State;
Shane Battier and Chris Carrawell of Duke; Khalid El-Amin of
Connecticut; Marcus Fizer of Iowa State; A.J. Guyton of Indiana;
Tony Harris of Tennessee; Eddie House of Arizona State; Dan Langhi
of Vanderbilt; and Mark Madsen of Stanford.
Also nominated are Kenyon Martin of Cincinnati; Desmond Mason of
Oklahoma State; Chris Mihm of Texas; Troy Murphy of Notre Dame;
Eduardo Najera of Oklahoma; Scoonie Penn of Ohio State; Morris
Peterson of Michigan State; Quentin Richardson of DePaul; Etan
Thomas of Syracuse; and Michael Wright of Arizona.
The 10 finalists will be announced March 28.
The Wooden Award and the Legends of Coaching Award, to be given
to Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, will be presented April 7 at the Los
Angeles Athletic Club. | |
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