Hemsley, Bland Earn All-Conference Men's Hoops Honors

March 6, 2000

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — University of Miami senior guard Johnny Hemsleywas named second-team All-BIG EAST and senior center Mario Bland wasselected third-team All-Conference by a vote of the leagues coaches.

Hemsley, who has scored in double figures in 50 consecutive games,leads the Hurricanes and ranks fourth in the conference in scoring at 18.2points per game. Hemsley currently ranks seventh on Miami’s career scoringlist with 1,410 points.

Bland, the BIG EAST Player of the Week for the week ending March 5,ranks second on the team in scoring (12.8 ppg) and leads the team inrebounding (7.0 rpg). In Miami’s last two games Bland is averaging 19.5points and 8.5 rebounds per contest.

1999-00 ALL-BIG EAST SELECTIONS

First Team
Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut
Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
Erick Barkley, St. John’s
Etan Thomas, Syracuse
Jason Hart, Syracuse

Second Team
JOHNNY HEMSLEY, MIAMI
Ricardo Greer, Pittsburgh
Lavor Postell, St. John’s
Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall
Malik Allen, Villanova

Third Team
MARIO BLAND, MIAMI
Bootsy Thornton, St. John’s
Marcus Goree, West Virginia
Ryan Blackwell, Syracuse
Ruben Boumtje Boumtje, Georgetown