Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Painter, Brooks Honored by United States Basketball Writers Association
03/09/2004 | 12:00:00 | Men's Basketball
March 9, 2004
The United States Basketball Writers Association named Southern Illinois University men's basketball coach Matt Painter the District 5 Coach of the Year Tuesday. Also, junior guard Darren Brooks was one of 10 players named to the all-district team.
District 5 consists of all Division I teams in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Painter, along with the other eight district Coaches of the Year, are finalists for the USBWA's national Coach of the Year award.
The Salukis (25-4, 17-1) won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season by five games. Painter and Brooks were named the MVC's Coach and Player of the Year, respectively.
District 5 Team
Devin Harris, Wisconsin
Kris Humphries, Minnestoa
Deron Williams, Illinois
Travis Diener, Marquette
Paul Davis, Michigan State
Darren Brooks, Southern Illinois
Dylan Page, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bracey Wright, Indiana
Dee Brown, Illinois
Chris Thomas, Notre Dame
Coach of the Year - Matt Painter, Southern Illinois
Player of the Year - Devin Harris, Wisconsin
District Coaches of the Year
District 1: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's
District 2: Bobby Gonzalez, Manhattan
District 3: Herb Sendek, North Carolina State
District 4: Rick Stansbury, Mississippi State
District 5: Matt Painter, Southern Illinois
District 6: Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State
District 7: Billy Gillespie, UTEP
District 8: Joe Scott, Air Force
District 9: Mike Montgomery, Stanford
