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Derrick Favors

Georgia Tech signee Derrick Favors beat out UK signee Demarcus Cousins and UK target John Wall for USA Today Player of the Year honors, announced today in the newspaper.

The paper’s first-team consists of Favors, Cousins, Wall, Avery Bradley and Renardo Sidney.

UK signee Daniel Orton was a third-team pick. Xavier Henry, who may or many not have committed to Kansas last night, was a second-team selection.

One interesting factoid, Wall’s list of possible college choices inlcuded Kansas, Memphis, Noth Carolina State, Duke, Miami and Baylor, but no Kentucky.

First team

• Derrick Favors, 6-9, Atlanta, GA (Georgia Tech)
• Avery Bradley, 6-3, Henderson, NV (Texas)
• Demarcus Cousins, 6-10, Mobile, AL (Kentucky)
• John Wall, 6-4, Raleigh, NC (Undecided)
• Renardo Sidney, 6-9, Los Angeles, CA (USC)

Second team

• Lance Stephenson, 6-6, Brooklyn, NY (Undecided)
• Xavier Henry, 6-6, Oklahoma City, OK (Undecided)
• John Henson, 6-10, Tampa, FL (North Carolina)
• Mouphtaou Yatou, 6-9, Rockville, MD (Villanova)
• Ketih Gallon, 6-8, Mouth of Wilson, VA (Oklahoma)

Third team

• Peyton Siva, 6-0, Seattle, WA (Louisville)
• Brandon Knight, 6-3, Fort Lauderdale, Fl (junior)
• Kawhi Leonard, 6-7, Los Angeles, CA (San Diego St)
• Ryan Kelly, 6-10, Raleigh, NC (Duke)
• Daniel Orton, 6-10, Oklahoma City, OK (Kentucky)