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Martin, Catchings win Naismith honors
Posted: Monday March 13, 2000 05:56 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - Cincinnati senior Kenyon Martin, who will miss the NCAA tournament with a broken leg, and Tennessee junior Tamika Catchings are the Naismith players of the year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday. Stanford men's coach Mike Montgomery and Connecticut women's coach Geno Auriemma were named coaches of the year. The winners were chosen by a group of basketball coaches, journalists and administrators. Martin, a center from Dallas, averaged 19.5 points and 10 rebounds a game this season. He set school records for blocked shots and field goals and led the U.S. World University Games team to a gold medal. Catchings, a forward from Duncanville, Texas, averaged 15.5 points a game this season and is shooting 47 percent from the field. She was instrumental in leading the Tennessee women to the Southeastern Conference tournament title. Montgomery has guided 12 teams to postseason play in 14 years at Stanford. He has a 440-218 overall record. Auriemma, in his 15th season as head coach at Connecticut, has led the Huskies to a 387-95 record. He posted 14 winning seasons and his team is the only Division I school to register five consecutive seasons of more than 30 victories.
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