Short blurb about Johnson/Conley from 2003

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Three Tiger players again received individual recognition heading into the 2003-04 season. Senior Arthur Johnson was named the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year and was selected to the preseason All-Big 12 Team along with fellow senior Rickey Paulding. Junior Jason Conley also garnered preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors. Johnson and Paulding had already been named All-Big 12 by the coaches and Conley had received Newcomer of the Year honors as well.

Johnson is already Mizzou’s all-time leading shot blocker with 197 career swats and can become the Tigers’ all-time leading rebounder with just 194 more caroms. The talented big man recorded a league-leading 19 double-doubles last year and now has 36 double-doubles for his career. He earned All-Big 12 second team honors last year and was also named to the Big 12 All-Improved team. Paulding is the Big 12’s second leading returning scorer as he averaged 17.4 points per contest last year. He also was tabbed with All-Big 12 second team honors last season. Johnson and Paulding rank 22nd (Johnson with 1,268 points) and 23rd (Paulding 1,220 points) respectively in career scoring at Mizzou and have a good chance to move into the top five this season.

A transfer from Virginia Military Institute, Conley became the first freshman to lead the country in scoring as a freshman during the 2001-02 season when he averaged 29.5 points per contest. Last season, he averaged just over 22 points per contest at VMI before transferring to Mizzou in January. He will be eligible to compete for the Tigers following the first semester when the Tigers take on UNC-Greensboro on Dec. 21.

Also, check out his senior stat line, he had some pretty impressive games against some really good teams.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketbal...n/players/1180/