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Arizona’s Lute Olson was named coach of...

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Arizona’s Lute Olson was named coach of the year and Sean Elliott of the Wildcats was named player of the year in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn.’s District 8 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

Besides Elliott, the team was made up of Pooh Richardson, UCLA; Hank Gathers, Loyola; Brian Shaw, UC Santa Barbara; Todd Lichti, Stanford; Ricky Berry, San Jose State; Steve Kerr, Arizona; Anthony Taylor, Oregon; Gary Payton, Oregon State; and a three-way tie among Bo Kimble and Corey Gaines, both of Loyola, and Trevor Wilson, UCLA.

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