2002 College Basketball

1. Juan Dixon: Was the Final Four MVP. He was also a consensus All-American.

He was the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Athlete of the Year.

Dixon was 2^nd in ACC with 20.4 ppg, his 89 ft% led the ACC, and 2.6 steals led the conference for the third straight year.

He also averaged 4.6 rpg, 3 apg, 39% on 3s (4^th in ACC).

He scored 20 or more in 19 games.

The Terps senior averaged 25.8 ppg in the NCAAs. 

Dixon put Maryland back in the Final Four with 27 in the regional final vs. #10 UConn.

He had 33 in the Final Four vs. #2 Kansas.

To cap off the title, 

Dixon put up 18-5 with five steals in the championship game win over Indiana. 

Maryland won it's first title. They advanced to their 2^nd straight Final Four.

The Terripans finished #4 in polls, with a 32-4, and 15-1 in ACC regular season record. They won conference title outright. They averaged 85 PPG.

2. Drew Gooden:  Was the NABC Player of the Year and consensus All-American.

He led the NCAA in rebounds per game, and total field goals.

Gooden was the Big 12 Player of the Year, all-Big 12 tournament team (22-15 in finals loss to Oklahoma.)

He was also named Midwest region MVP.

The Jayhawks forward had 15-13-4 in a Sweet 16 win over #13 Illinois.

He had 18-20 vs. #11 Oregon to put KU in Final Four for first time in nine years.

During the regular year, he led Big 12 in points (19.8), and rpg (11.4),  He was 3^rd in spg (1.7), and 8^th in bpg (1.4). 

He shot 50% fgs and 75% fts.

Gooden had 23-15 vs #7 Arizona in a 105-97 win.

He also had 19-10 vs #3  Oklahoma; one of his 25 double doubles.

Kansas finished the regular season #2 after an undefeated 16-0 Big 12 season. They were 33-4. They led the country with 90.4 ppg. The Jayhawks lost to eventual champ Maryland.

3. Jason Williams: Was the nearly unanimous national Player of the Year.

 

He was a consensus All-American for the second straight year 

He was also all-ACC tournament as Duke won it's fourth straight conference tourney title.

Williams averaged 21.3 ppg (1^st in the acc), 5.3 apg (6^th), 38% on 3s (5^th) 2.2 spg (4^th).

The junior had 34-7-8 in a 19 point regular season beat down of  Maryland.

He had 24-10 ast. in ACC finals win over NC State.

In the NCAA tourney J-Will put up 17 ppg 5 apg and 2.3 spg .

The Blue Devils had a 31-4 record and were #1 in the final polls for the 4^th straight year. They scored 89 ppg, good for 2^nd in the country.

Duke, the #1 seed, was upset by Indiana in the Sweet 16.