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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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