In the third closest voting in the history of the award, the John R. Wooden Award honoring the nation's best collegiate player went to Jonathan Clay Redick of Duke better known as J.J. (Yes, feel free to use that bit of trivia at your next cocktail party.) Adam Morrison of Gonzaga was runner-up. This is a steak or lobster argument - both were terrific and like ordering in a restaurant, it just boils down to what you're in the mood for.

The numbers are tremendous. Redick averaged 26.8 points per game, set the NCAA career record for three pointers and also is the ACC’s all time leading scorer with 2,769 career points. Duke won the ACC tournament and finished with a 32-4 record before falling to the LSU Tigers in the sweet sixteen.

Morrison’s numbers are as prodigious. He led Gonzaga to a 29-4 record, a West Coast Conference championship while averaging 28 points per game before the Zags fell to the UCLA Bruins in the sweet sixteen. Only a junior, Morrison is expected to leave college and enter the NBA draft. Morrison is projected as a better pro prospect and concern in the “Association” (another moniker for the NBA) is that Redick will have difficulty creating shots off the dribble at the next level. However, the award is given for the top collegiate player not the nation’s best professional prospect so taking the literal definition of the award, Redick is deserving but it’s so close it could have gone either way. My vote would have gone to Morrison but then again, I can understand someone ordering a different entree off of the same menu!