WOODEN AWARD: REDICK NABS ANOTHER AWARD.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Duke guard J.J. Redick has made touring stops at all the hottest college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
Redick won the Wooden Award on Saturday at the Los Angeles Athletic Club Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) is an athletic club in Los Angeles, California, USA. It awards the John R. Wooden Award to the outstanding men's and women's college basketball player of each year. , capping a stellar career at Duke. It was the closest race in 18 years as Redick edged his friend, Gonzaga's Adam Morrison  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. , by just 72 votes. Morrison led the country in scoring with 28.1 points per game and Redick had 26.8. "I'd trade any individual stuff for a team championship," Redick said. "But in all seriousness, this is the most prestigious award. I'm very honored." Redick, who was the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer with 2,769points, also won the Naismith Award Naismith Award is a basketball award named after Dr. James Naismith, and awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The Naismith Award can be:
LSU's Seimone Augustus won the women's Wooden Award for the second consecutive year. Augustus led the country in scoring at 23 points per game and helped LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit to the Final Four. She recently was selected by Minnesota with the first pick in the WNBA draft. She's only the second two-time Wooden Award winner. Ralph Sampson of Virginia won in 1982 and 1983. Augustus, who also won the Naismith Award, didn't attend Saturday's ceremony because she was on a flight to Australia to try out for Team USA. Her parents, Kim and Seymore, accepted the award on her behalf. "Seimone will be really honored," said Kim Augustus, who was carrying around her cell phone, waiting for Seimone to call so she could tell her the news. "She was able to sit down with Coach Wooden last year. She had fun with that." Syracuse's Jim Boeheim won the Legends of Coaching Award. He also presented Redick with his award. Legendary coach John Wooden, for whom the award is named, didn't attend the ceremony. He was hospitalized last Sunday for diverticulitis diverticulitis /di·ver·tic·u·li·tis/ (-li´tis) inflammation of a diverticulum. di·ver·tic·u·li·tis n. , but the reason he didn't attend wasn't because of his health. Wooden was not at the award because of a trademark dispute over his name. The dispute has been ongoing and the Wooden family informed the Downtown Athletic Club The Downtown Athletic Club was an athletic club in a 35-story building located at 19 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It was founded in 1926. By 1927, it had purchased this site next to the Hudson River to construct its own building. last August that Wooden would not attend the ceremony. Wooden has attended either the banquet or ceremony every year but attended neither Saturday. jill.painter@dailynews.com (818) 713-3615 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Wooden Award winner J.J. Redick of Duke University answers questions at a news conference on Saturday. Phil McCarten/Associated Press |
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