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Durant wins AP POY

ATLANTA -- 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.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

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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...

Officially a Limey Longhorn

by patienthornsfan on Mar 30, 2007 10:46 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

by WacArnolds on Mar 30, 2007 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions  

don't tease me like that

I'm trying not to think about it.

by hornbone on Mar 30, 2007 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

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