#3 Troy Murphy Season 2000-01

Became just the third basketball underclass­man in Notre Dame history to declare early for the NBA draft … seventh-highest draft pick in the program’s history when he was drafted 14th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 2001 NBA draft … a two-time consensus All-American, earning first-team Associated Press All-America honors in his junior and senior seasons … also garnered first-team All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Chevrolet, The Sporting News and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) … selected second team All-America by Basketball Times … two-time John R. Wooden Award hon­oree … finished fifth in the balloting for the Wooden Award in 2001 and was among the three finalists for the Naismith player-of-the-year honor … joined an elite group of past BIG EAST Conference players by winning BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year honors for the second straight year as a junior … shared the award for the 2000-01 campaign with Troy Bell of Boston College … one of just four BIG EAST players – Chris Mullin (St. John’s), Patrick Ewing (Georgetown) and Richard Hamilton (Connecticut) – in league history to win the award twice … unan­imous first-team All-BIG EAST selection for the second consecu­tive year … named to the ESPN.com All-America first­ team … selected ESPN The Magazine’s Center of the Year … also selected to the College Insider.com All-America team … just the fifth player in Notre Dame history to score 2,000 points and the only player to reach the 2,000-point and 900-rebound plateaus … finished his career as the school’s fifth all-time leading scorer (2,011 points) and sixth all-time leading rebounder … sec­ond all-time in free-throws made (587) and attempted (755) .. ranks second all-time in blocked shots (126) …. honored as BIG EAST Player of the Week five times in 2000-01 (weeks of Nov. 27, Dec. 25, Jan. 29, Feb. 12 and Feb. 26) … named Rivals.com National Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 29 … named CBS Player of the Game following Seton Hall (Feb. 18) and Georgetown (Mar. 4) contests … ESPY Award nominee as the top men’s basketball player in 2000 … finished 12th nationally in scoring … led BIG EAST in scoring in league games in 2000-01 for the second straight season, becoming just the second player in history to lead the BIG EAST in conference scoring in consecutive seasons (Boston College’s Dana Barros did it in 1987-88 and 1988-89) … his 50 blocked shots during the season ranked as the fourth-highest single season total in Notre Dame history … was just the sixth player in school history to grab 900 rebounds in his career … reached that mark against Pittsburgh (Mar. 4) when he grabbed eight rebounds in the game … blocked his 100th career shot against Long Island (Dec. 9), becoming just the second Irish player in history to achieve that mark (also LaPhonso Ellis) … finished his career with 45 dou­ble-doubles … Irish co-captain along with Martin Ingelsby … one of 12 collegiate players selected to the USA Men’s Select Team that played against the USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team on Sept. 2, 2000 in Honolulu, Hawaii … named Notre Dame National Monogram Club Team MVP for the third consecutive season.