Wednesday, March 08, 2000
Magloire: More intensity to come
UK center makes SEC first team
The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jamaal Magloire didn't win the coaches' vote as Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. The way he talked Tuesday, though, he might make up for it this week as the SEC Tournament MVP.
Kentucky's senior center, who earned first-team All-SEC honors Tuesday, made the latest in the series of bold predictions that have colored his career: “You're going to see a new player in myself. In all facets of the game, I'm going to take over.”
Magloire's previous predictions had always been about victories or team goals — most notably the 1998 national championship, which UK delivered. This one, though, was about raising the level of his play.
“The way I play, the kind of intensity I'm going to bring out in this postseason, is going to change this team a lot,” he said. “I'm going to lead by example and help this team with my experience and my leadership.”
Magloire leads UK in scoring (13.2 avg.), rebounding (9.0 avg.), shooting (.494) and blocks (54). His rebounding average and 14 double-doubles are both tops in the SEC.
ALL-SEC TEAM: Vanderbilt senior forward Dan Langhi was named SEC Player of the Year by the league's coaches, becoming the first Commodore to win the award since Billy McCaffrey shared the award in 1993 with UK's Jamal Mashburn. Langhi leads the conference in scoring (22.4 avg.).
The rest of the first team: Magloire, Tennessee junior guard Tony Harris, Florida sophomore forward Mike Miller and Louisiana State sophomore forward Stromile Swift.
LSU's John Brady won coach of the year honors, and the freshman of the year award is shared by Arkansas' Joe Johnson and LSU's Torris Bright.
UK sophomore swingman Tayshaun Prince was a second-team selection, and guard Keith Bogans made the All-Freshman team.
— Neil Schmidt
XAVIER: Sophomore Lloyd Price was named sec ond-team all-Atlantic 10 Conference, and freshman David West was named to the All-Rookie team.
Selections were announced Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Temple's Pepe Sanchez was player of the year and defensive player of the year, and Temple's John Chaney was named coach of the year for the fifth time — but the first since 1988.
Price, a member of the All-Rookie team last season, has improved in most major categories. He is averaging 13.7 points — second on the team — and 6.0 rebounds, with a team-high 53 steals.
Price has five double-doubles, including four in the last eight games.
West has started every game and leads the conference — and all freshmen in Division I — in rebounding (9.0 a game). He also averages 11.0 points and has seven double-doubles.
— Michael Perry
NORTHERN KENTUCKY: Nancy Winstel has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year for the fifth time in her career.
Winstel led NKU to a 27-2 record and a GLVC title this season.
NKU sophomore forward Michelle Cottrell (Boone County HS) earned GLVC co-player of the year honors. Cottrell averages 17 points and a GLVC-leading 9.1 rebounds a game. NKU junior guard Michele Tuchfarber (Mount Notre Dame HS) was named second-team All-GLVC, and junior guard Heather Livingstone was honorable mention.
BIG EAST: Notre Dame forward Troy Murphy, the first player to lead the Big East in scoring and rebounding in the same season, was chosen the conference's player of the year Tuesday.
Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, whose team finished as regular-season co-champion, was selected coach of the year for the third time. Syracuse center Etan Thomas was chosen defensive player of the year for the second straight season.
Murphy, a 6-foot-9 sophomore, averaged 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds, both among the national leaders all season.
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