Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin became the first player from the University of Cincinnati to win the Wooden Award, The 6-foot-9 senior broke his right leg in Cincinnati's first-round game of the Conference USA tournament four weeks before being a runaway winner of the 24th John R. Wooden Award. A three-time Conference USA defensive player of the year, Martin averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocked shots during his senior season. His broken leg in the opening three minutes of Cincinnati's 68-58 loss to Saint Louis on March 9 cost the Bearcats the No. 1 ranking, a position they held for 12 weeks. Martin was a three-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year. Cincinnati's career blocked shots leader, the unanimous choice as Conference USA Player of the Year, consensus All-America as a senior and national Player of the Year before becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2000 NBA Draft.