For the first time in Illinois history, two players shared its top basketball award.

East Aurora's Ryan Boatright and Rock Island's Chasson Randle each finished with 257 points after statewide voting by coaches and media ended March 25. 

Randle, who was named Gatorade Player of the Year in Illinois, will team with Boatright on the North team this weekend in the All-American Championship games in Houston, site of the Final Four.

Morgan Park's Wayne Blackshear was third with 198 points, followed by Perspectives-MSA's Anthony Davis (120) and Benet's David Sobolewski (90).

Boatright, a senior guard who has signed with Connecticut, averaged 32 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals per game.

Randle, a senior guard who has signed with Stanford, averaged 21.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

Past winners of the award include Derrick Rose and Kevin Garnett.

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Tournament MVP Isaiah Thomas hit a game-winner as Washington defeated Arizona by a final of 77-75 in the title game of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Tournament.

Joining Thomas on the All-Tournament Team was teammate Terrence Ross, along with Derrick Williams (Arizona), Jared Cunningham (Oregon State), Klay Thompson (Washington State) and E.J. Singler (Oregon).

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Despite another disappointing season, Johnny Dawkins job as head coach of Stanford is safe for another two years.

Dawkins is paid nearly $1 million annually and the financial commitments makes a change tenuous for the athletic department.

Arizona’s Derrick Williams was named Pac-10 Player of the Year, joining Matthew Bryan-Amaning (Washington), Jorge Gutierrez (California), Jeremy Green (Stanford) , Tyler Honeycutt (UCLA), Malcolm Lee  (UCLA), Reeves Nelson  (UCLA), Isaiah Thomas (Washington), Klay Thompson (Washington State), and Nikola Vucevic  (USC) on the All-Pac-10 first team.

Williams led the Wildcats in scoring (18.8 ppg), field goal percentage (.612), and rebounding (8.2 rpg), and finished among the top five scorers and rebounders in conference games.

Marcus Simmons of USC was named Defensive Player of the Year and Allen Crabbe of Cal was named Freshman of the Year.

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