Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky named AP Player of the Year

— -- INDIANAPOLIS -- Frank Kaminsky, the 7-footer who anchored Wisconsin's run to a second straight Final Four, is the runaway choice as The Associated Press' player of the year.

Kaminsky averaged 18.7 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and 41.5 percent from 3-point range as the Badgers ran up a 35-3 record and won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles.

Kaminsky on Friday also received the Oscar Robertson Trophy for winning Player of the Year honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

"Frank the Tank" is the first Wisconsin player to win the AP's award, which started in 1961. He is the third from the Big Ten in the past six seasons, joining Ohio State's Evan Turner in 2010 and Michigan's Trey Burke in 2013.

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Kaminsky received 58 votes from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor received five votes and Kentucky's  Willie Cauley-Stein and Notre Dame's Jerian Grant had one each.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.