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Hansbrough takes Wooden
LOS ANGELES -- He already earned an armful, but Tyler Hansbrough took one last bit of brass Friday night.
The North Carolina junior won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's top player, giving him essentially a sweep of the season's individual honors, including The Associated Press college basketball player of the year award.
He beat out second-place Michael Beasley of Kansas State, who was followed by Kevin Love of UCLA and D.J. Augustin of Texas and Stephen Curry of Davidson in the voting.
Tennessee's Candace Parker, who led the Volunteers to their second-straight national championship on Tuesday, won the women's award for the second straight year.
Hansbrough led the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring (22.8) and rebounding (10.3) as the Tar Heels (36-2) were ranked No. 1 for all but six weeks this season and went to the Final Four.
The NCAA title was the one trophy he was denied.
Wooden winners
2008 -- Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2007 -- Kevin Durant, Texas
2006 -- J.J. Redick, Duke
2005 -- Andrew Bogut, Utah
2004 -- Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
2003 -- T.J. Ford, Texas
2002 -- Jason Williams, Duke
2001 -- Shane Battier, Duke
2000 -- Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
1999 -- Elton Brand, Duke
1998 -- Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
1997 -- Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1996 -- Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
1995 -- Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
1994 -- Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1993 -- Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1992 -- Christian Laettner, Duke
1991 -- Larry Johnson, UNLV
1990 -- Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1989 -- Sean Elliott, Arizona
1988 -- Danny Manning, Kansas
1987 -- David Robinson, Navy
1986 -- Walter Berry, St. John's
1985 -- Chris Mullin, St. John's
1984 -- Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1983 -- Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1982 -- Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981 -- Danny Ainge, Brigham Young
1980 -- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1979 -- Larry Bird, Indiana State
1978 -- Phil Ford, North Carolina
1977 -- Marques Johnson, UCLA


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