USBWA 2005-06 Season News

As he approaches his 30th year as a journalist, Tony Barnhart, the national college sports writer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is the 2006 winner of the Jake Wade Award presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

For the first time in the 50-year history of the United States Basketball Writers Association, the USBWA has selected co-players of the year in college basketball.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected North Carolina's Roy Williams as national coach of the year and the Tar Heels' Tyler Hansbrough freshman of the year.

he U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced today its 2005-06 women's postseason honors. North Carolina's Ivory Latta and Sylvia Hatchell are the association's National Player and Coach of the Year. It's the eighth time since the USBWA started naming both a coach and player of the year in 1989-90 that both honorees have come from the same school.

Indiana University's 1976 and 1981 basketball teams – on the 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively, of each team's national championship – will be honored at a U.S. Basketball Writers Association breakfast Friday, March 31 at the Conseco Fieldhouse Entry Pavilion during this year's NCAA Final Four weekend in Indianapolis.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has pared its list of finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy down to five.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has released its 2005-06 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There are nine regions from coast to coast and a player and coach of the year are selected in each. Following is the entire region-by-region listing:

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has named ten finalists for the 2006 Oscar Robertson Trophy, given to the national college player of the year.