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April
8, 2005
RICE’S MICHAEL HARRIS NAMED COLLEGEINSIDER.COM
NATIONAL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
 Most
people didn’t notice, but Rice senior forward
Michael Harris had a monster season. His monster
season earned him CollegeInsider.com’s National
Most Valuable Player award.
The 6-foot-6 Harris averaged 20. 6 points and 11.7
rebounds a game. He was the game-high scorer on 24
occasions and posted a game-high in rebounds 29
times this season. Nearly one-third of his 363
rebounds came on the offensive glass (112).
Harris connected on 61% of his shots from the
field, which is even more impressive when you
factor in that he was 7-for-29 from 3-point range.
“He should have made everybody’s All-America
team,” says CollegeInsider.com’s Matt Drake. “He
faced double and triple teams every night and
still put up huge numbers. He’s a warrior.”
In a season dotted with impressive performances,
Harris had his best game on Feb. 27 when he
matched his career-high with 30 points and grabbed
a career-best 24 rebounds, in a win over Hawaii.
That stat line made Harris the school’s all-time
leader in both points and rebounds.
The preseason WAC Player of the Year, Harris was
named to CollegeInsider.com All-America team on
March 8, but surprisingly that was his only
national honor.
“To put it in simple terms, it’s a joke that he
did not receive more recognition,” says Drake. “If
he played in the Big 12 everyone would be singing
his praises. It’s a shame that most people didn’t
take notice of his four seasons at Rice.”
Harris had 22 double-doubles, which is a school
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