Men’s Basketball Player Receives Preseason Recognition – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Sept. 26, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio–Ken Johnson (Detroit, Mich./Henry Ford), a senior on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, is among 30 preseason candidates for the 2000-01 Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award, Jackie Bradford, executive director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club, announced Tuesday.%^$
%^$The Naismith Awards program, now in its 33rd year, honors the outstanding college basketball players in the United States. The program was founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an organization dedicated to recognizing the achievements of student-athletes in basketball.%^$
%^$The candidates were selected by a vote of the Board of Selectors comprised of leading basketball coaches, journalists and basketball analysts. Kenyon Martin of Cincinnati was the men’s winner in 1999-00.%^$
%^$Charlie Bell (Michigan State), Cory Bradford (Illinois) and Mike Kelley (Wisconsin) also represent the Big Ten on the list.%^$
%^$Top 30 Preseason Naismith Award Candidates
%^$Shane Battier – Duke
%^$Lonny Baxter – Maryland
%^$Charlie Bell – Michigan State
%^$Carlos Boozer – Duke
%^$Cory Bradford – Illinois
%^$Eric Chenowith – Kansas
%^$Jarron Collins – Stanford
%^$Juan Dixon – Maryland
%^$Joseph 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
%^$Troy Murphy – Notre Dame
%^$Tayshaun Prince – Kentucky
%^$Kenny Satterfield – Cincinnati
%^$Brian Scalabrine – USC
%^$Jamaal Tinsley – Iowa State
%^$Jason Williams – Duke
%^$Loren Woods – Arizona
%^$Michael Wright – Arizona
%^$Vincent Yarbrough – Tennessee
