Frank Mason of Kansas, Gonzaga’s Mark Few win AP awards

FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, Kansas' Frank Mason III (0) celebrates a basket in the second half of a second-round game in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament in Tulsa, Okla. Mason was selected The Associated Press men's NCAA college basketball Player of the Year, Thursday, March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, Kansas' Frank Mason III (0) celebrates a basket in the second half of a second-round game in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament in Tulsa, Okla. Mason was selected The Associated Press men's NCAA college basketball Player of the Year, Thursday, March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

By Associated Press March 30, 2017 2 min read

GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) – Kansas guard Frank Mason III and Gonzaga coach Mark Few have won The Associated Press player and coach of the year awards, the news cooperative announced Thursday at the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona.

Mason led Kansas to its 13th consecutive Big 12 title. He received 37 votes Thursday from the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25.

Few has taken the Zags to the NCAA Tournament in all 18 of his seasons there. He was a runaway winner Thursday receiving 31 votes from the panel.

Mason, a senior point guard, averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists while shooting 48.7 percent from 3-point range.

Josh Hart of Villanova was second in player of the year voting with 16 votes, while Caleb Swanigan of Purdue had nine and Lonzo Ball of UCLA had three.