Blake Griffin keeps picking up trophies on his way to the NBA.

The Oklahoma sophomore won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's top player yesterday only three days after he announced that he would turn pro. Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair and North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, two other finalists, did not show up for the ceremony, which was held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Griffin, who became the first Oklahoma player to win the award, led the nation with 30 double-doubles.

"It means a lot to me to represent my state and represent my school. It's really very humbling," Griffin said.

The award gave Griffin a sweep of this season's individual honors. The forward won The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year earlier this month as well as the Naismith award. He was also picked by The Sporting News as Player of the Year.

Griffin won yesterday in a landslide, with 3,960 votes while Hansbrough, last year's winner, had 3,004.

Maya Moore of Connecticut won the women's award, four days after winning the national title and completing a perfect season for UConn.

The sophomore, who became the first UConn player to win the award since it was given to women starting in 2004, beat out Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, with 176 votes to Paris' 133.

CYCLING

ARMSTRONG THINKS TOUR WILL BAN HIM

Lance Armstrong believes French doping officials may ban him from riding in this summer's Tour de France over a report that he violated protocols during a recent drug test.

"There's a very high likelihood that they prohibit me from riding in the Tour," a somber Armstrong said yesterday in a video statement posted on his Web site. "It's too bad. The tour is something I love dearly."

The anti-doping agency of France, known as AFLD, has said the American did not fully cooperate with a drug tester when he showed up at Armstrong's home in France to collect blood, urine and hair samples from the cyclist March 17.

Although no banned substances were found, the dispute revolves around a 20-minute delay when Armstrong went inside the house and took a shower while his assistants checked the tester's credentials.

Armstrong has had tense relations with France's anti-doping authorities for years, but had been hoping to coexist with them while he tries for an eighth Tour title in July after coming out of a 3 1/2-year retirement.

ELSEWHERE

Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at River Oaks Country Club in Houston.

In other matches, Bjorn Phau beat Tommy Haas, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Evgeny Korolev beat Guillermo Canas, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; and Wayne Odesnik outlasted John Isner, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5).

In today's semifinals, Odesnik will face Phau in the first match.

• Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., because of an injury to her left leg. The world's No. 1 player said she originally hurt her leg at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where she lost to Victoria Azarenka earlier this month.

Hockey: From walk-on to award-winner, Boston University senior defenseman Matt Gilroy received the Hobey Baker Memorial Award last night in Washington as the top college hockey player. Gilroy walked on to BU as a freshman but leaves as captain of the team that will play Miami University tonight in the NCAA title game. This season, he had eight goals and 28 assists in 43 games.

Obituary: Former Kentucky basketball player Mike Casey has died of heart complications. He was 60. Casey died Thursday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., said John Shannon, owner of Shannon Funeral Home in Shelbyville, Ky. Selected Mr. Basketball in 1966, Casey was the leading scorer at Kentucky as a sophomore in the 1967-68 season.

Boxing: Former super middleweight champ Jeff Lacy won a close majority decision over Otis Griffin last night in front of a hometown crowd in Tampa, Fla., his first fight since losing to Jermain Taylor last year. Two judges scored the fight 96-94 and 97-93 for Lacy, while the third had it a draw. Lacy improved to 25-2; Griffin fell to 19-5-2.