Atlantic Coast Conference power Duke was chosen by the editors of Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook as the publication’s preseason No. 1 team while the Wildcats ranked ninth nationally. Also at the top of the rankings, Arizona, which returns all five starters, ranked No. 2, followed by another Pac-10 power, Stanford, in the publication’s annual Top-40 rankings. Rounding out the top 10, Maryland is No. 4 followed by defending national champion Michigan State, Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina.
Blue Ribbon is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special 20-player All-Blue Ribbon Team, which will beannounced in the next week. Blue Ribbon editors also chose the 20 most significant games, events, rulechanges, etc. in college basketball in the last 20 years.Blue Ribbon will be available by mail order in late October by calling 1-800-828-HOOP (4667). The bookwill also be available in early November in bookstores throughout the U.S.
1. Duke
2. Arizona
3. Stanford
4. Maryland
5. Michigan State
6. Kansas
7. Illinois
8. Tennessee
9. Kentucky
10. North Carolina
11. Oklahoma
12. Seton Hall
13. Arkansas
14. Wisconsin
15. Wake Forest
16. UCLA
17. Notre Dame
18. Memphis
19. St. John’s
20. Florida
21. Utah
22. Georgetown
23. Southern Cal
24. Xavier
25. Temple
26. Cincinnati
27. Virginia
28. Texas
29. Louisiana-Lafayette
30. Iowa State
31. South Florida
32. Iowa
33. Connecticut
34. North Carolina State
35. Alabama
36. DePaul
37. Missouri
38. Indiana
39. Creighton
40. Oregon State
BLUE RIBBON COLLEGE BASKETBALL YEARBOOK
2000-2001 ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
Shane Battier 6-8 SR, Duke
Troy Murphy, 6-10 JR, Notre Dame
Loren Woods, 7-1 SR, Arizona
Casey Jacobsen, 6-6 SO, Stanford
Jamaal Tinsley, 6-3 SR, Iowa State
SECOND TEAM
Joe Johnson, 6-9 SO, Arkansas
Terence Morris, 6-9 SR, Maryland
Michael Wright, 6-7 JR, Arizona
Jason Williams, 6-2 SO, Duke
Jason Gardner, 5-10 SO, Arizona
THIRD TEAM
Jason Richardson, 6-6 SO, Michigan State
Lonny Baxter, 6-8 JR, Maryland
Cory Bradford, 6-3 JR, Illinois
Joseph Forte, 6-3 SO, North Carolina
Tony Harris, 6-0 SR, Tennessee
FOURTH TEAM
Vincent Yarbrough, 6-7 JR, Tennessee
Tayshaun Prince, 6-9 JR, Kentucky
Brendan Haywood, SR, North Carolina
Jason Kapono, 6-8 SO, UCLA
Juan Dixon, 6-3 JR, Maryland
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Troy Murphy, 6-10 SR, Notre Dame
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Jason Parker, 6-8 FR, Kentucky
