He won the Naismith and Wooden awards as the nation’s
top player.
Redick was the ACC Athlete of the Year and
conference player of the year for the second straight season.
He scored an ACC high 26.8 points a game,
which was 2nd best in country. He was second in conference shooting
86% on free throws and 42% on three pointers.
The All-American hit 139 threes on season,
which topped the ACC. It the 3rd time he led the conference in long
range makes. He
broke, former Virginia guard, Curtis Staples’ career record for three
pointers with 457.
The
Blue Devils’ guard surpassed
30 points in 14 games,including 41 on then #2 Texas, including nine
threes. Duke routed the Longhorn by 31 in the Meadowlands.
Redick was the ACC tournament MVP
for the second straight year after leading Duke to back to back titles.
Averaged 23 PPG, 15-34 3s (44%) in over 38 minutes a game.
In the finals, he scored 26
and hit seven three balls as Duke got past #7 Boston College.
In the NCAAs, he averaged 24.5 PPG
on 50% from the field in wins over Southern and #14 George Washington in the
first two rounds.
Duke
fell to #19 LSU in the Sweet 16 after Redick went 3-18.
The
Blue Devils went 32-4 and was 14-2 in the ACC on the way the to the regular
season title. They were second in the nation scoring over 81 points a game.
They finished #1 in the final poll
after being ranked no lower than 3rd all season and spent 15 of the
20 weeks on top of the polls.
2. Adam Morrison: Led the
NCAA in scoring at 28.1 points a game.
He was a consensus
All-American and player of the year by the US basketball writers.
Morrison was a West Coast (WCC) Player of
the Year. He was the WCC tournament MVP for the 2nd
straight year.
The Montana native started his
scoring spree with 44 in
a 3 OT classic vs. then #12 Michigan St. in the Maui Invitational.
Morrison
led the NCAA in FGs and FTs made. He was 5th in WCC shooting 49.6%.
He
added 5.5 rebounds a game, and shot almost 43% from three.
In
the first round of the NCAAs, Morrison dropped 35 on Xavier on 11-21
shooting, including four 3s. He had
14-9 in a 10 point win over Indiana in the second round.
He had 24 points on 10-17 shooting
in the Sweet 16 vs. #7 UCLA, the eventually national runner up. Gonzaga infamously blew a 17
point lead that led to Morrison’s on-court breakdown.
The Zags went 29-4 and were a #3
seed in the West region. They
finished #5 in the final poll and were never ranked out of the top 10 all
season. They averaged over 80 points a game.
3. Joakim Noah: Was
the Most Outstanding player in the Final Four, while leading Florida to the
national championship. He set a title record six blocks and a
single tournament record with 29.
He averaged 16.5 points, seven rebounds,
6.5 assists and 5.5 blocks a game in the first two games in Jacksonville in the
first two rounds of the tournament. Florida pounded South Alabama and
UW-Milwaukee.
Noah
helped the Gators to their first sweet 16 in six years, after Florida lost
on the first weekend in five consecutive tournaments.
In the sweet 16, the Gators got past #23 Georgetown
57-53 behind 15-10 and 5 blocks from their big man.
Noah
powered the Florida back to the Final Four past top seed #3 ranked Villanova
75-63 in the regional final. He had 21 points 15 rebounds and five more blocks.
He had 12-8 in the semis win over George
Mason.
Florida won their first
basketball national championship routing #7 UCLA 73-57. The New York City
native had 16 points on 7-9 shooting and nine boards.
During
the regular season, he was named first team All-SEC while leading the
league shooting 62.7% (3rd in the NCAA). He was 3rd in
blocks (2.4) and ninth in rebounds per game (7.1).
He scored 14.1 points per game.
Florida won the national championship by
defeating five of six opponents by double digits in the tournament. They
went 33-6, won their 2nd straight SEC tournament title, and finished
#11 in the final poll.
The Gators started the season 17-0 and rose
to #2 in the polls.
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