Despite missing the last six games of the regular season, Duke’s Zion Williamson still received eight of 10 first-place votes and easy outdistanced his teammate to win the Stadium’s National Player of the Year Award — which was voted on by 10 members of the media.
Here is the voting panel:
- Jeff Goodman, Stadium
- Clark Kellogg, CBS Sports
- Doug Gottlieb, Fox Sports
- Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News
- Jeff Borzello, ESPN
- Rob Dauster, NBC Sports
- Matt Norlander, CBSSports.com
- Dana O’Neil, The Athletic
- Mark Titus, The Ringer
- Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo Sports
Here’s the complete list of the voting (first-place votes in parenthesis):
1. Zion Williamson, Duke – 98 (8)
2. R.J. Barrett, Duke – 66
T3. Ja Morant, Murray State – 62 (1)
T3. Grant Williams, Tennessee – 62
5. Cassius Winston, Michigan State – 52
6. Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech – 43
7. Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga – 40
8. De’Andre Hunter, Virginia – 30
T9. Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga – 25
T9. Markus Howard, Marquette – 25
11. Ethan Happ, Wisconsin – 18
12. Carsen Edwards, Purdue – 10 (1)
13. Dedric Lawson, Kansas – 7
14. P.J. Washington, Kentucky – 5
15. Coby White, North Carolina – 3
16. Mike Daum, South Dakota State – 2
17. Fletcher Magee, Wofford – 2
18. Chris Clemons, Campbell – 1
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