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03-06-2012, 09:21 PM
LEXINGTON, KY. â Awards season is under way and University of Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis has taken home his first national honor. The Sporting News named Davis its National Player of the Year on Tuesday, making Davis just the second Wildcat to receive any national player of the year recognition; John Wall in 2010 was the first.
Davis averaged 14.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 1.4 steals in 31 regular-season games, leading UK in all four categories. He has 14 double-doubles, ranks second nationally in field-goal percentage (.661) and leads the country with 146 blocked shots, a school record, needing just 25 more to set an SEC record and 37 to break the NCAA freshman record.
The nod from Sporting News bodes well for Davisâ bid to become just the second freshman to win one of the three major national honors: the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and AP National Player of the Year. The only other rookie to win any of those â and he won them all â was Kevin Durant in 2007.
The Wooden, Naismith and AP awards will be announced during the Final Four weekend.
No Kentucky player has ever won any of those three; Wall earned national player of the year honors from Rivals.com, Yahoo! Sports and The Rupp Trophy. Most believe the remainder of this yearâs national awards will come down to Davis and Kansas senior Thomas Robinson.
âI donât know if thereâs a player in the country that a team changes more when heâs off the floor than Davis,â said Florida coach Billy Donovan, who watched Davis go off for 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks against the Gators on Sunday to help seal a 16-0 SEC season for UK. âI mean, heâs terrific. I havenât seen everybody as much as Anthony Davis around the country, but I would be hard-pressed to find any player thatâs been more impactful to a team.
âWithout question, if heâs not the best player in the country and doesnât get the award, I would imagine that he would be number two.â
Fellow Kentucky freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks in the regular season, was named a second-team All-American by Sporting News. He and Davis were also both on the magazineâs All-Freshman Team.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2...ext|Sports
Davis averaged 14.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 1.4 steals in 31 regular-season games, leading UK in all four categories. He has 14 double-doubles, ranks second nationally in field-goal percentage (.661) and leads the country with 146 blocked shots, a school record, needing just 25 more to set an SEC record and 37 to break the NCAA freshman record.
The nod from Sporting News bodes well for Davisâ bid to become just the second freshman to win one of the three major national honors: the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and AP National Player of the Year. The only other rookie to win any of those â and he won them all â was Kevin Durant in 2007.
The Wooden, Naismith and AP awards will be announced during the Final Four weekend.
No Kentucky player has ever won any of those three; Wall earned national player of the year honors from Rivals.com, Yahoo! Sports and The Rupp Trophy. Most believe the remainder of this yearâs national awards will come down to Davis and Kansas senior Thomas Robinson.
âI donât know if thereâs a player in the country that a team changes more when heâs off the floor than Davis,â said Florida coach Billy Donovan, who watched Davis go off for 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks against the Gators on Sunday to help seal a 16-0 SEC season for UK. âI mean, heâs terrific. I havenât seen everybody as much as Anthony Davis around the country, but I would be hard-pressed to find any player thatâs been more impactful to a team.
âWithout question, if heâs not the best player in the country and doesnât get the award, I would imagine that he would be number two.â
Fellow Kentucky freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks in the regular season, was named a second-team All-American by Sporting News. He and Davis were also both on the magazineâs All-Freshman Team.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2...ext|Sports
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03-07-2012, 02:32 AM
According to Bobby Knight he's not even a top 5 lol......
Davis is by far the best player in the country IMO with Robinson from KU second.
Davis is by far the best player in the country IMO with Robinson from KU second.
03-07-2012, 04:09 PM
Yeah, I think that Anthony Davis is the best player in the country, hands down!!
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