CBS Sports names Georgetown’s Otto Porter Jr. 2013 NCAA Player of the Year
Georgetown Hoyas forward Otto Porter (22) shoots over Syracuse Orange forward C.J. Fair (5) and guard Michael Carter-Williams (1) during the first half of a semifinal game of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports)
The 2013 college basketball season was predictably unpredictable. The nation’s preseason player of the year, Cody Zeller, put together a great season for a great Indiana team, but simply did not dominate in the manner he was expected too.
On the other hand, Georgetown was never expected to break into the realm of the elite, but rather to simply perform well in the final year of the Big East as we know it and then earn an average seed in the NCAAs. That was before the emergence of Otto Porter Jr., who did it all for a Georgetown squad that earned a share of the conference crown and a No. 2-seed in the Dance.
CBS Sports thus named Mr. Porter their 2013 Player of the Year, while naming his coach, John Thompson III, the nation’s Coach of the Year.
Check out their entire All-American teams and all the other regular season honors here.
Player of the Year
Otto Porter, Georgetown
Freshman of the Year
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State:
Coach of the Year
John Thompson III, Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Year
Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Comeback Player of the Year
Allan Chaney, High Point
Most Improved Player
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
CBSSports.com First Team All-Americans
Trey Burke, G, Michigan
Victor Oladipo, G, Indiana
Otto Porter, F, Georgetown
Doug McDermott, F, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, C, Gonzaga
Second team
Shane Larkin, G, Miami
Marcus Smart, G, Oklahoma State
Deshaun Thomas, F, Ohio State
Mason Plumlee, F, Duke
Jeff Withey, C, Kansas
Third team
Michael Carter-Williams, G, Syracuse
Ben McLemore, G, Kansas
Jamaal Franklin, F, San Diego State
Anthony Bennett, F, UNLV
Cody Zeller, C, Indiana
CBSSports.com Freshman All-Americans
Marcus Smart, G, Oklahoma State
Ben McLemore, G, Kansas
Shabazz Muhammad, F, UCLA
Anthony Bennett, F, UNLV
Nerlens Noel, C, Kentucky
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