AP HONORS CHEANEY, FOGLER

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, April 3, 1993                   TAG: 9304030251
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
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AP HONORS CHEANEY, FOGLER
Calbert Cheaney has come a long way since the days when he used to play basketball under a single spotlight near his home in Evansville, Ind.
Cheaney, the All-American who led Indiana to a 31-4 record and to the finals of the Midwest Region, was voted The Associated Press player of the year on Friday. Eddie Fogler of Vanderbilt was voted the top coach.
"When I got to Indiana my freshman year, all I wanted to do was contribute to the team and not worry about anything like this," Cheaney said. "Fortunately, things have ended up being pretty good. Never really in my wildest dreams did I think this would ever happen."
Cheaney and Fogler were chosen by sports writers and sportscasters around the country in balloting conducted before the NCAA Tournament in New Orleans.
Cheaney received 53 first-place votes, beating Bobby Hurley of Duke who had 25. Anfernee Hardaway of Memphis State was third with 21 and Kentucky's Jamal Mashburn had 17.
Cheaney averaged 22.4 points per game and helped carry the Hoosiers to a 17-1 record in the Big Ten. He became the leading scorer in Indiana history and Big Ten history. The 6-foot-7 forward finished his career with 2,613 points and a shooting percentage of 55.9. He made 43.8 percent of his shots from 3-point range.
Fogler knows how he got to be coach of the year: "We were a team picked low that finished high," he said. "That's how coaches win this award. When their teams exceed expectation levels."
Vandy won the SEC regular season championship with a 14-2 record, finishing a game ahead of Kentucky, a Final Four team, in the Eastern Division and four up on West Division champ Arkansas. The Commodores finished 28-6 for the season and reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated by Temple.
Cheaney also was named winner of the Naismith player of the year award Friday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Sheryl Swoopes of Texas Tech won the women's honor. The club also selected Dean Smith of North Carolina and Vivian Stringer of Iowa as coaches of the year.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB