Wednesday, March 14, 2001
UC's Logan, XU's West get All-America mention
The Associated Press
ATLANTA Cincinnati guard Steve Logan and Xavier center David West received honorable mention on the Associated Press All-America team annouced Tuesday. Kentucky's Tayshawn Prince was a second-team selection.
Duke's Shane Battier, the top vote-getter, and also named the winner of the Naismith Award as national player of the year. The 6-foot-8 forward is averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.1 steals and 2.2 blocked shots a game.
Other first-team AP All-Americans were Duke's Jason Williams, North Carolina's Joseph Forte, Notre Dame's Troy Murphy and Stanford's
Casey Jacobsen.
FIRST TEAM
Shane Battier, Duke, 6-8, 220, senior, 19.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.1 steals (70 first-place votes, 353 total points)
Jason Williams, Duke, 6-2, 196, sophomore, 20.8, ppg, 6.2 apg, 1.9 steals (61, 335)
Joseph Forte, North Carolina, 6-4, 185, sophomore, 21.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.6 apg, 2.0 steals (61, 332)
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame, 6-10, 237, junior, 22.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 36.1 minutes (55, 312)
Casey Jacobsen, Stanford, 6-6, 210, sophomore, 18.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .504 fg pct., .466 3-pt pct., .804 ft pct. (35, 259)
SECOND TEAM
Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State, 6-3, 195, senior, 14.5 ppg, 6.0 apg, 2.5 steals (27, 246)
Troy Bell, Boston College, 6-1, 171, sophomore, 20.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.2 apg, 2.7 steals, .858 ft pct. (8, 150)
Jason Richardson, Michigan State, 6-6, 220, sophomore, 15.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, .529 fg pct. (7, 133)
Michael Bradley, Villanova, 6-10, 245, junior, 21.4 ppg, 10.1 rpg, .693 fg pct, 1.9 blocks (6, 120)
Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky, 6-9, 215, junior, 16.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, .832 ft pct. (5, 117)
THIRD TEAM
Frank Williams, Illinois, 6-3, 205, sophomore, 14.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.0 steals (4, 89)
Michael Wright, Arizona, 6-7, 238, junior, 16.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg, .591 fg pct. (1, 72)
Charlie Bell, Michigan State, 6-3, 200, senior, 13.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.4 apg (1, 59)
Udonis Haslem, Florida, 6-7, 260, junior, 16.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, .598 fg pct. (1, 56)
Kirk Haston, Indiana, 6-10, 230, junior, 18.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg (1, 53)
HONORABLE MENTION
Gilbert Arenas, Arizona; Craig Austin, Columbia; Cory Bradford, Illinois; Tarise Bryson, Illinois State; Torrey Butler, Coastal Carolina; Casey Calvary, Gonzaga.
Jarron Collins, Stanford; Jason Collins, Stanford; Juan Dixon, Maryland; Teddy Dupay, Florida; Melvin Ely, Fresno State; George Evans, George Mason.
Reggie Evans, Iowa; Jason Gardner, Arizona; Kenny Gregory, Kansas; Jerry Green, UC Irvine; Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall; Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay.
Brendan Haywood, North Carolina; Brian Heinle, Cal State-Northridge; Dewayne Jefferson, Mississippi Valley State; Joe Johnson, Arkansas; Ken Johnson, Ohio State; Rahsaan Johnson, Monmouth.
Jason Kapono, UCLA; Sean Lampley, California; Steve Logan, Cincinnati; Shernard Long, Georgia State; Jody Lumpkin, College of Charleston; Demond Mallet, McNeese State.
Chris Marcus, Western Kentucky; Ronnie McCollum, Centenary; Jeff Monaco, Southern Utah; Terence Morris, Maryland; Brett Nelson, Florida; Rashad Phillips, Detroit.
Norman Richardson, Hofstra; Kareem Rush, Missouri; Preston Shumpert, Syracuse; Demond Stewart, Niagara; Tim Szatko, Holy Cross; David Webber, Central Michigan.
Mekeli Wesley, Brigham Young; David West, Xavier; Rodney White, Charlotte; Tarvis Williams, Hampton; Loren Woods, Arizona.
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