A leading candidate for National Player of the Year after earning Big East Player of the Year honors for top-seeded Villanova, Hart averaged a Big East-best 18.6 points and 6.5 rebounds in leading the Wildcats to both the regular-season and conference-tournament titles. A 6-5 senior guard, Hart ranked among the Big East leaders in several statistical categories, including scoring, rebounding and steals (1.5).
A unanimous all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Kennard morphed into one of the nation’s top players, averaging 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and shooting 50.4 percent from the field and 45 percent from beyond the arc for the ACC Tournament champs.