1.
Morris Peterson: Was a John Wooden All-America,
Sporting News first-team All-American, USBWA, NABC and Associated Press
second-team All-American.
He was the Midwest Regional MVP, averaging
16.0 points, and Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, averaging 18.0
points and 5.7 rebounds.
Peterson was the Big Ten Player of the Year as selected by
the league’s coaches and First-Team All-Big Ten.
MoPete was
the only Big Ten player to rank among the top 10 in scoring (5th, 17.2
ppg), rebounding (4th, 7.4), field-goal percentage (5th, .457) and three-point
field-goal percentage (8th, .373) in conference games.
He was first in the Big Ten in overall three-point shooting
(.435). He added 16.8 pgg and six rebounds per contest in all games.
Peterson
turned it on in the NCAA tourney. In the Sweet 16 vs. #16 Syracuse had 21
points on 6-10 fgs in 75-58 win. His three second half threes sparked MSU’s comeback
from down 14 in 2nd half.
He
added 18-7 in regional final win over #6 Iowa State.
He scored 20 of the Spartans 53 points in Final Four vs.
Wisconsin.
In the title game, he had 21 pts. and 5 ast. vs. #13 Florida. 15 of those points came in
the final 12 minutes to
propel Michigan St. to the championship.
It was the Spartans first title since 1979. They were #2 in
the final poll after winning the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.
2.
Mateen Cleaves: Was the
Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. He a consensus 2nd team
All-American.
He was also named All-Big Ten,
All-Big Ten Tournament team, All-Midwest Regional
team.
Cleaves
led the Big Ten with 7.8 assists per game, and set a conference record of
20 in
game vs. Michigan. He added 12 points per game.
During the tournament, he averaged
14.2 ppg 4.5 ast and 44% on 3s,
including 21-5 in round two vs. Utah.
In the final game vs. #13 Florida,
Cleaves scored18 pts. on 3-4 on 3s and contributed 4 asts. despite a severe ankle
injury.
MSU went 23-3 with Cleaves (he was
hurt for first 13 games) they finished 32-7.
The Spartans became the 1st
team since the 64 team expansion in 1985 (5th overall) to win
all six games by 10 or more points.
He was also the Big 12 tourney MVP all-MW region in
NCAAs.
Fizer led
NCAA in fgs (327), and was #1 in Big 12 in fts and ppg.
He scored 26.3 ppg in big 12
tourney, including 22-9 in Big 12 title game vs #12Oklahoma.
He averaged 19 ppg and 10.5 rpg vs.
#24 Auburn and UCLA as the Cyclones
advanced in the NCAAs. Iowa St. prevailed by an average of 22.5 points
in those two wins.
Iowa State reached the final eight
where they lost to the eventual champions Michigan St.
ISU won the Big 12, finished #6 in
polls and was 32-5.
