Pac-10 All-Conference teams announced
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Question: How many UCLA and USC players were named to the league’s 10-man first team on Monday?
Answer: Darren Collison.
That’s right. The senior UCLA guard was the lone first-team Southland representative on the conference’s all-league squad,voted on by Pac-10 coaches.
Washington, California, Arizona and Arizona State all had two players named to the first team.
Taj Gibson and Daniel Hackett of USC and UCLA’s Josh Shipp were named to the conference’s second team. Gibson, a junior forward, earned Pac-10 defensive player of the year honors.
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Player of the year: Arizona State sophomore James Harden.
Coach of the year: Lorenzo Romar of Washington
Freshman of the year: Washington guard Isaiah Thomas.
Interestingly, neither of the local phenom freshmen recruits, DeMar DeRozan of USC or UCLA’s Jrue Holiday, made even honorable mention all-conference.
Last year, O.J. Mayo of USC and UCLA’s Kevin Love were named first-team players as freshmen.
--Chris Dufresne
