Show Texas freshman Durant wins Wood Award Peter Yoon Los Angeles Times Kevin Durant said he gets asked 20 to 30 times a day if hes he's going to leave Texas and enter the draft Saturday at the Los Angeles Athletic Club he received one more piece of hardware that suggests he be ready might n. n L The 6 foot toot freshman forward won the 31 st annual Wooden Award as the nations nation's top college basketball player It was the seventh player of year the-year honor for Durant who won in a landslide collecting points in voting Greg Oden of Ohio State was second with 2858 points Durant became the first freshman to win the Wooden Award but said his decision to turn pro wont won't be influenced by the number of awards in his trophy case None of these awards is going to matter in that decision said Durant who averaged points and rebounds this season Im just trying to figure out but where Ill I'll be next year physically and emotionally Whether 1 I want to take on onan onan onan schedule or if I an game 82 want to keep having fun in college Those who played and coached against him last season have little doubt he lie is ready because of his rare combination of size outside shooting ability and quickness Hes virtually impossible to defend said guard Acie Law of Big 12 Conference I 1 T rv AM You riva exas U A kind of get in awe a little bit playing against him You catch yourself watching and trying to see how he does the things he does Ive I've never seen the things he cando can cando cando do at that size Durant said the key was to not think of himself as a freshman Just because youre you're a freshman doesn't mean you have to be scared he class level said Its just a It doesn't determine what kind of basketball player you are And though Durant is clearly ready many experts t tag g him as the first or second draft pick should he come out this year he said he was inspired by bythe bythe bythe the players at Florida who made a joint decision to stay in school and make a run at consecutive national titles |