Kansas senior guard Frank Mason on Sunday night was announced as the National Association of Basketball Coaches men’s college basketball player of the year. He received the award at the NABC’s Guardians of the Game awards show at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. It was shown live on Twitter.
It gave Mason four national player of the year awards in a busy four days in the Phoenix area, site of the 2017 Final Four. Claiming four national player awards that are recognized by the NCAA should assure Mason consensus national player of the year honors. In the past, it has taken four awards to be deemed consensus player of the year by the NCAA.