Atlanta ? Kansas senior center Eric Chenowith is a preseason candidate for the Naismith player of the year award, which goes to the country’s top player.
Duke’s Shane Battier and Tennessee’s Tamika Catchings were the top vote-getters.
The other top candidates among the men were Troy Murphy of Notre Dame and Brendan Haywood of North Carolina. Svetlana Abrosimova of Connecticut and LaToya Thomas of Mississippi State were the other top female candidates.
