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			Totals								Shooting				Per Game
Season	Player	School	G	GS	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	WS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
2018-19	Zion Williamson	Duke	33	33	746	293	68	70	59	8.3	.680	.747	.338	.640	22.6	8.9	2.1	2.1	1.8
2017-18	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	40	40	756	122	184	37	1	7.7	.521	.599	.408	.802	18.9	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.0
2016-17	Frank Mason	Kansas	36	36	753	150	187	47	2	7.5	.490	.500	.471	.794	20.9	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.1
2015-16	Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	37	37	925	212	75	42	18	7.6	.501	.552	.457	.880	25.0	5.7	2.0	1.1	0.5
2014-15	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	39	39	732	320	103	33	57	9.8	.547	.581	.416	.780	18.8	8.2	2.6	0.8	1.5
2013-14	Doug McDermott	Creighton	35	35	934	244	55	8	5	7.7	.526	.567	.449	.864	26.7	7.0	1.6	0.2	0.1
2012-13	Victor Oladipo	Indiana	36	36	491	227	74	78	28	6.7	.599	.644	.441	.746	13.6	6.3	2.1	2.2	0.8
2011-12	Anthony Davis	Kentucky	40	40	567	415	50	54	186	9.9	.623	.653	.150	.709	14.2	10.4	1.3	1.4	4.7
2010-11	Jimmer Fredette	Brigham Young	37	37	1068	127	160	49	1	8.5	.452	.491	.396	.894	28.9	3.4	4.3	1.3	0.0
2009-10	Evan Turner	Ohio State	31	31	632	284	185	54	28	6.8	.519	.540	.364	.754	20.4	9.2	6.0	1.7	0.9
2008-09	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	35	35	794	504	80	39	41	9.7	.654	.659	.375	.590	22.7	14.4	2.3	1.1	1.2
2007-08	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina	39	39	882	399	35	59	14	8.7	.540	.547	.000	.806	22.6	10.2	0.9	1.5	0.4
2006-07	Kevin Durant	Texas	35	35	903	390	46	66	67	8.8	.473	.505	.404	.816	25.8	11.1	1.3	1.9	1.9
2005-06	J.J. Redick	Duke	36	36	964	71	95	52	2	7.8	.470	.521	.421	.863	26.8	2.0	2.6	1.4	0.1
2004-05	Dee Brown	Illinois	39	39	518	104	177	70	3	6.8	.499	.611	.434	.772	13.3	2.7	4.5	1.8	0.1
2003-04	Jameer Nelson	Saint Joseph's	32	32	659	150	170	89	1	6.6	.475	.526	.390	.792	20.6	4.7	5.3	2.8	0.0
2002-03	T.J. Ford	Texas	33	33	495	128	254	66	5	4.3	.401	.429	.265	.820	15.0	3.9	7.7	2.0	0.2
2001-02	Jay Williams	Duke	35	35	746	124	187	76	3	6.3	.457	.536	.383	.676	21.3	3.5	5.3	2.2	0.1
2000-01	Shane Battier	Duke	39	39	778	285	72	82	88	10.1	.471	.536	.419	.796	19.9	7.3	1.8	2.1	2.3
1999-00	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati	31		585	300	42	43	107	9.0	.568	.573	.286	.684	18.9	9.7	1.4	1.4	3.5
			Totals								Shooting				Per Game
Season	Player	School	G	GS	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	WS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1998-99	Elton Brand	Duke	39		691	382	41	49	86	10.0	.620	.620		.707	17.7	9.8	1.1	1.3	2.2
1997-98	Antawn Jamison	North Carolina	37		822	389	30	28	30	8.3	.579	.584	.400	.667	22.2	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8
1996-97	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	31		645	457	98	22	102	10.4	.608	.628	.273	.636	20.8	14.7	3.2	0.7	3.3
1995-96	Marcus Camby	Massachusetts	33	30	675	271	58	32	128	8.1	.477	.484	.000	.700	20.5	8.2	1.8	1.0	3.9
1994-95	Shawn Respert	Michigan State	28	28	716	111	85	38	1		.473	.472	.474	.869	25.6	4.0	3.0	1.4	0.0
1993-94	Glenn Robinson	Purdue	34	34	1030	344	66	56	31		.483	.522	.380	.796	30.3	10.1	1.9	1.6	0.9
1992-93	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana	35	35	785	223	84	33	10		.549	.579	.427	.795	22.4	6.4	2.4	0.9	0.3
1991-92	Christian Laettner	Duke	35	35	751	275	69	74	32		.575	.580	.557	.815	21.5	7.9	2.0	2.1	0.9
1990-91	Larry Johnson	Nevada-Las Vegas	35		795	380	104	74	36		.662	.698	.354	.818	22.7	10.9	3.0	2.1	1.0
1989-90	Dennis Scott	Georgia Tech	35	35	970	231	71	62	33		.465	.509	.414	.793	27.7	6.6	2.0	1.8	0.9
1988-89	Stacey King	Oklahoma	33		859	332	62	38	75		.524	.524		.718	26.0	10.1	1.9	1.2	2.3
1987-88	Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	31	31	1125	241	111	82	24		.524	.581	.394	.848	36.3	7.8	3.6	2.6	0.8
1986-87	David Robinson	Navy	32	32	903	378	33	66	144		.591	.591	1.000	.637	28.2	11.8	1.0	2.1	4.5
1985-86	Walter Berry	St. John's (NY)	36	36	828	399	36	30	76		.598			.702	23.0	11.1	1.0	0.8	2.1
1984-85	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown	37		542	341	48	42	135		.625			.638	14.6	9.2	1.3	1.1	3.6
1983-84	Michael Jordan	North Carolina	31		607	163	64	50	35		.551			.779	19.6	5.3	2.1	1.6	1.1
1982-83	Michael Jordan	North Carolina	36		721	197	56	78	28		.535	.550	.447	.737	20.0	5.5	1.6	2.2	0.8
1981-82	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	32	31	506	366	38	18	99		.561			.615	15.8	11.4	1.2	0.6	3.1
1980-81	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	29		666	249	131	46	25		.582			.774	23.0	8.6	4.5	1.6	0.9
1979-80	Darrell Griffith	Louisville	36		825	174	138				.553			.713	22.9	4.8	3.8
			Totals								Shooting				Per Game
Season	Player	School	G	GS	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	WS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1978-79	Larry Bird	Indiana State	34	34	973	505	187	85	27		.532			.831	28.6	14.9	5.5	2.5	0.8
1977-78	Phil Ford	North Carolina	30		625	62	172	54	3		.527			.810	20.8	2.1	5.7	1.8	0.1
1976-77	Marques Johnson	UCLA	27		578	301	53				.591			.621	21.4	11.1	2.0
1975-76	Scott May	Indiana	32		752	245	68				.527			.782	23.5	7.7	2.1
1974-75	David Thompson	North Carolina State	28		838	229					.546			.731	29.9	8.2
1973-74	Bill Walton	UCLA	27		522	398	148				.665			.580	19.3	14.7	5.5
1972-73	Bill Walton	UCLA	30		612	506					.650			.569	20.4	16.9
1971-72	Bill Walton	UCLA	30		633	466					.640			.704	21.1	15.5
1970-71	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	30		638	384					.524			.661	21.3	12.8
1969-70	Pete Maravich	Louisiana State	31		1381	164	192				.447			.773	44.5	5.3	6.2
1968-69	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	UCLA	30		721	440					.635			.612	24.0	14.7
1967-68	Elvin Hayes	Houston	33		1214	624	59				.549			.618	36.8	18.9	1.8
1966-67	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	UCLA	30		870	466					.667			.650	29.0	15.5
1965-66	Cazzie Russell	Michigan	26	26	800	219					.518			.825	30.8	8.4
1964-65	Bill Bradley	Princeton	29		885	342					.533			.886	30.5	11.8
1963-64	Bill Bradley	Princeton	29		936	360					.522			.850	32.3	12.4
1962-63	Art Heyman	Duke	30		747	324					.452			.691	24.9	10.8
1961-62	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	28		609	499					.611			.799	21.8	17.8
1960-61	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	27		671	470					.623			.764	24.9	17.4
1959-60	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	30		1011	424	219				.526			.756	33.7	14.1	7.3
			Totals								Shooting				Per Game
Season	Player	School	G	GS	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	WS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1958-59	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	30		978	489	206				.509			.794	32.6	16.3	6.9
1957-58	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	28		984	425					.571			.789	35.1	15.2
1950-51	Sherman White	Long Island University
1949-50	Paul Arizin	Villanova	29		735						.493			.773	25.3
1945-46	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma State
1944-45	George Mikan	DePaul	24		558									.613	23.3
1943-44	Dale Hall	Army
1942-43	Andrew Phillip	Illinois

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