By Charlie Leffler
On Wednesday after noon, Conference USA named it to awards tabbingMarquette with both. Sophomore guard Dwyane Wade and head coach TomCrean were named Conference Player and Coach of the Year.
Wade led the conference in scoring (21.7 ppg), ninth in assists(4.12), eighth in field goal percentage (.509) and second in theleague with 2.23 steals per game. Wade was also named C-USAdefensive player of the year.
Crean repeats as C-USA Coach of the Year and becomes the onlycoach other than Cincinnati’s Bob Huggins to accomplish such afeat.
2003 C-USA Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team
Reece Gaines-Louisville Chris Massie-Memphis Marque Perry-SaintLouis Louis Truscott-Houston Dwayne Wade-Marquette
Second Team
Demon Brown-Charlotte Travis Diener-Marquette Morris Finley-UABRobert Jackson-Marquette Leonard Stokes-Cincinnati
Third Team
Antonio Burks-Memphis Sam Hoskins-DePaul Waitari Marsh-TulaneWill McDonald-South Flordia Charles Gaines-Southern Miss
Conference USA Sixth Player of the Year SteveNovak-Marquette
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year DwayneWade-Marquette
Conference USA Freshman of the Year FranciscoGarcia-Louisville
Conference USA All-Freshman Team
Rodney Carey-Memphis Taquan Dean-Louisville Demario Eddins-UABFrancisco Garcia-Louisville Steve Novak-Marquette CurtisWithers-Charlotte
