Men’s Basketball Receives More Preseason Recogination – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 1, 1999
Ohio State senior guard Scoonie Penn (Salem, Mass./Salem) was selected as the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year by the league coaches Sunday in Chicago during the conference-sponsored media day.
Michigan State senior Mateen Cleaves was selected by the Big Ten media as its preseason player of the year candidate.
Ironically, the coaches tabbed Cleaves the Big Ten Player of the Year at the conclusion of last season while the media selected Penn.
Penn along with OSU junior Michael Redd (Columbus, Ohio/West) were both selected as first team all-conference members by both the media and coaches.
The coaches also added Cleaves and Morris Peterson of Michigan State to the first team along with A.J. Guyton of Indiana.
The media selected a similar first team but replaced Guyton with Cory Bradford of Illinois.
League coaches picked Michigan State to win the conference this year followed by Ohio State, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana.
The media picked MSU, Ohio State and Illinois as its top three.
