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. %^$
%^$Michigan State senior Mateen Cleaves was selected by the Big Ten media as its preseason player of the year candidate. %^$
%^$Ironically, the coaches tabbed Cleaves the Big Ten Player of the Year at the conclusion of last season while the media selected Penn.%^$
%^$Penn along with OSU junior Michael Redd (Columbus, Ohio/West) were both selected as first team all-conference members by both the media and coaches.%^$
%^$The coaches also added Cleaves and Morris Peterson of Michigan State to the first team along with A.J. Guyton of Indiana. %^$
%^$The media selected a similar first team but replaced Guyton with Cory Bradford of Illinois. %^$
%^$League coaches picked Michigan State to win the conference this year followed by Ohio State, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana. %^$
%^$The media picked MSU, Ohio State and Illinois as its top three. %^$
