Preseason All-Americans and Awards

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Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina

Freshman of the Year: DeMar DeRozan, USC

First Team All-America:
G- Darren Collison, UCLA
G- Stephen Curry, Davidson
F- Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
F/C- Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
F/C- Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

Second Team All-America:
G- Ty Lawson, North Carolina
G- A.J. Price, Connecticut
G/F- James Harden, Arizona State
F- Tyler Smith, Tennessee
F- Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

Third Team All-America:
G- Tyrese Rice, Boston College
G/F- DeMar DeRozan, USC
F- Sam Young, Pittsburgh
F- Damion James, Texas
F- Jon Brockman, Washington

Just Missed: Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga; Eric Maynor, VCU; Patty Mills, Saint Mary's; Chase Budinger, Arizona; Austin Daye, Gonzaga; A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt; Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut

All-Freshman Team:
G- Jrue Holiday, UCLA
G- Tyreke Evans, Memphis
G- Willie Warren, Oklahoma
G/F- DeMar DeRozan, USC
F- Samardo Samuels, Louisville

Second Team:
G- Kemba Walker, Connecticut
G- Scotty Hopson, Tennessee
F- Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
F- Greg Monroe, Georgetown
C- B.J. Mullens, Ohio State