RENO, Nev. — Just hours after Mark Fox was announced as the new basketball coach at Georgia, Nevada athletic director Cary Groth named longtime Wolf Pack assistant coach David Carter as his replacement yesterday.

"David brings great integrity and competitiveness to this position and he is the right person to continue to lead the Wolf Pack basketball program forward," Groth said at an afternoon news conference.

Carter, 42, has been an assistant at Nevada since then-coach Trent Johnson hired him in 1999. He was elevated to associate head coach in 2004 when Fox took over.

"Wow," Carter said when Groth introduced him to the media. "I can't tell you how excited I am to be the next head coach of Nevada."

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AP Player of the Year: Oklahoma sophomore forward Blake Griffin is the runaway choice as The Associated Press' college basketball player of the year. The 6-10 Griffin averaged 22.7 points and led the nation with 14.4 rebounds per game. He received 66 of the 71 votes from a national media panel. Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, who won the award last year, received two votes as did DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh.

AP Coach of the Year: Bill Self, who led Kansas to the national championship last year and had the Jayhawks back in the hunt this season, is The Associated Press' college basketball coach of the year. He received 28 votes from the 71-member national media panel, easily beating Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh, who had 10.

Louisiana Tech: Teresa Weatherspoon had the interim tag removed from her title as the Louisiana Tech head women's basketball coach after leading her alma mater to a postseason this past season.