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 Wednesday, November 8
ESPN experts' picks for 2000-01
 
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Andy Katz
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Michigan State
FINAL FOUR
Arizona, Michigan State
Duke, Tennessee

PLAYER OF YEAR
Shane Battier,
Duke

SURPRISE TEAMS
Alabama, Louisiana-Lafayette
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Jared Jeffries,
Indiana


Dick Vitale
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Duke
RUNNER-UP
Arizona
FINAL FOUR
Duke, Arizona
North Carolina, Kansas

PLAYER OF YEAR
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
SURPRISE TEAM
USC
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Zach Randolph,
Michigan State


Jay Bilas
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Duke
FINAL FOUR
Arizona, Duke
Maryland, Michigan State

PLAYER OF YEAR
Shane Battier, Duke
SURPRISE TEAMS
Wyoming, Xavier
FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
T.J. Cummings, UCLA

 

Larry Conley
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Duke
FINAL FOUR
Illinois, Maryland
Duke, Arizona

PLAYER OF YEAR
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
SURPRISE TEAM
Connecticut
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Zach Randolph,
Michigan State


Digger Phelps
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Duke
FINAL FOUR
Duke, Arizona
Maryland, Illinois

PLAYER OF YEAR
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
SURPRISE TEAM
College of Charleston
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Zach Randolph,
Michigan State


Jimmy Dykes
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Duke
RUNNER-UP
Maryland
FINAL FOUR
Duke, Maryland
Arizona, Seton Hall

PLAYER OF YEAR
Shane Battier, Duke
SURPRISE TEAM
Utah State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Chris Duhon,
Duke


Dan Bonner
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Duke
RUNNER-UP
Arizona
FINAL FOUR
Duke, Arizona
North Carolina, Kansas

PLAYER OF YEAR
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
SURPRISE TEAM
USC
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Zach Randolph,
Michigan State


Jon Sundvold
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Illinois
FINAL FOUR
Illinois, Arizona,
Maryland, Utah

PLAYER OF YEAR
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
SURPRISE TEAM
Utah
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Marcus Taylor,
Michigan State


Len Elmore
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Duke
FINAL FOUR
Arizona, Duke
Maryland, Kansas

PLAYER OF YEAR
Loren Woods, Arizona
SURPRISE TEAM
USC
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Gerald Wallace,
Alabama


Leo Rautins
NATIONAL CHAMP:
Duke
RUNNER-UP
North Carolina
FINAL FOUR
Duke, UNC
Arizona, Seton Hall

PLAYER OF YEAR
Shane Battier, Duke
SURPRISE TEAM
USC
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Eddie Griffin,
Seton Hall

Brad
Daugherty

NATIONAL CHAMP:
Arizona
RUNNER-UP
Duke
FINAL FOUR
Arizona, Duke
Illinois, UNC

PLAYER OF YEAR
Loren Woods, Arizona
SURPRISE TEAM
Louisiana-Lafayette
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Zach Randolph, Michigan State