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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.11.2008
Maybe Jerryd Bayless should have been a first-team all-Pac-10 player. Maybe not.
He certainly was not worried about it Monday. When asked about being named to the conference's second team, Bayless seemed indifferent.
"I really don't care at all about that," he said.
Bayless was also one of five players named to the Pac-10's All-Freshman team.
Teammate Chase Budinger was named to the third team Monday in a vote of Pac-10 coaches. It was news to Budinger, a sophomore forward, who said he was "really not trying to think about that." Budinger said his focus was making a strong run through the Pac-10 tournament and possibly the NCAA tournament.
Jordan Hill received honorable mention.
"They're in the top 15 players in the league," interim head coach Kevin O'Neill said of Bayless and Budinger. "I'm happy for them. They deserve it."
The biggies
• Pac-10 Player of the Year: UCLA center Kevin Love — The freshman scored in double figures in every game, posted 19 double-doubles and led UCLA to a conference title. He finished sixth in the league in scoring (17.4 points per game) and second in rebounding (10.9).
• Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: Love — The third UCLA player to win the rookie honor in four years, Love is also the first Pac-10 freshman to be named the conference's best overall player since Cal's Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 1995-96.
• Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year: UCLA guard Russell Westbrook — Led the Bruins with 1.61 steals per game.
• Pac-10 Coach of the Year: Stanford's Trent Johnson — Went 24-6 and 13-5 in conference play, the best year on campus since Mike Montgomery went 17-1 in the Pac-10 in 2003-04.
All Pac-10 Team
First team
• Cal forward Ryan Anderson — Led the conference with 21.5 points per game.
• Arizona State guard James Harden — Led the league with 2.03 steals per game, finished fourth with 17.7 points.
• Stanford forward Brook Lopez — At 18.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, might be the best NBA prospect of the bunch.
• UCLA center Kevin Love — Finished in the league's top 10 in scoring, field goal percentage, rebounds, blocks, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds.
• USC guard O.J. Mayo — Lived up to the hype. scoring 20.9 points per game for the Big Dance-bound Trojans.
Second team
• Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless
• Washington forward Jon Brockman
• UCLA guard Darren Collison
• Oregon forward Maarty Leunen
• Washington St. guard Kyle Weaver
Third team
• Arizona forward Chase Budinger
• USC forward Taj Gibson
• Washington State guard Derrick Low
• ASU forward Jeff Pendergraph
• UCLA guard Russell Westbrook
All-Freshman Team
• Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless
• Arizona State guard James Harden
• USC forward Davon Jefferson
• UCLA center Kevin Love
• USC guard O.J. Mayo
All-Defensive Team
• UCLA guard Darren Collison
• USC forward Taj Gibson
• Stanford center Robin Lopez
• Washington State guard Kyle Weaver
• UCLA guard Russell Westbrook
The Vote
• Pac-10 coaches vote for the annual honors but are not allowed to select their own players or themselves. The conference expanded its conference honors from one team of 10 to three teams of five during the offseason.
The Last Time
Arizona had a…
Player of the Year — Jason Terry, 1998-99
Freshman of the Year — Chase Budinger, 2006-07
Coach of the Year — Lute Olson, shared with Stanford's Mike Montgomery, 2002-03
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