Published 4/12/2008
at L.A. Times - College Basketball
Top college basketball players are honored.
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Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina's junior center, and Candace Parker, Tennessee's junior forward, were named winners of the 2008 John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's male and female players of the year at a ceremony hosted by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday night.
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