Durant wins AP POY
by txnpwrlifter on Mar 30, 2007 10:42 AM CDT
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PrintATLANTA -- Kevin Durant of Texas was selected Friday as The Associated Press' college basketball player of the year, the first freshman to receive the honor.
The 6-foot-9 swingman finished fourth in the country in scoring (25.8) and rebounding (11.1) while leading the Longhorns to a 25-10 record, the Big 12 tournament championship game and the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Durant received all but two votes for player of the year from the 72-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Senior forward Alando Tucker of Wisconsin, the Big Ten player of the year, got the other two votes.
Durant, the Big 12 player and freshman of the year, shot 47 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the free-throw line. He averaged 36 minutes per game and led the Longhorns in steals and blocked shots. He had 20 double-doubles and scored at least 30 points a Big 12-record 11 times.
In Texas' five postseason games, he averaged 28.5 points and 9.6 rebounds.
He is the first Texas player to receive the award, which was first presented in 1961.
J.J. Redick of Duke won the award last season.
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So the updated tally is...
He's now won:
Oscar Robertson Trophy
NABC National POY
NABC 1st Team All-American
AP Player of the Year
AP 1st Team All-American
Big XII POY and FOY
Finalist for Naismith Trophy
Finalist for Wooden Award
Might as well go ahead and inscribe his name on those last two trophies...
by patienthornsfan on Mar 30, 2007 10:46 AM CDT reply actions
JJ Redick
Sleeps in Kevin Durant pyjamas
by patienthornsfan on Mar 30, 2007 10:47 AM CDT reply actions
Anyone know...
Where can we find the two idiots unknowledgeable AP writers who didn't vote for Durant?
by mldatx on Mar 30, 2007 11:16 AM CDT reply actions
probably the same two guys
...in cali that kept voting WVU #1 last football season because they had the easiest schedule.
but anyways, here's a lil sumpin sumpin for yall hoping KD comes back
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