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College Basketball: Players of the Year

Athlon takes a conference-by-conference look at the top players

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<p> Athlon Sports is in the business of preseason prognostications, so let’s look back at who we tabbed as the preseason Player of the Year in the nation’s top conferences and who deserves the award in the postseason.</p>

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Kentucky Wildcats

North Carolina Tar Heels

Michigan State Spartans

By Mitch Light

Athlon Sports is in the business of preseason prognostications, so let’s look back at who we tabbed as the preseason Player of the Year in the nation’s top conferences and who deserves the award in the postseason.