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WHAT TO KNOW: Arguably the most efficient player in college basketball the past three years as in 2004-2005 he became the first player in Pac-10 history to lead the league in scoring (22.6 ppg.), rebounding (9.8 rpg.) and blocks (2.34 bpg.) which led to Pac-10 Player of the Year honors. Also became the first Sun Devil to earn consensus All-American honors (second-team) in 2004-05. The first Associated Press preseason All-American in ASU history and just the 11th in Pac-10 history when he notched the honor in fall of 2003. An Associated Press Honorable Mention postseason selection twice (2002-03 and 2003-04). Possesses great hands, smarts, fundaments, solid inside moves and has shown an incredible ability to reinvent himself each game as teams throw double and triple-teams at him. His demeanor and maturity are as good as his ability to draw fouls and convert three-point plays. On 88 occasions he has been fouled while making a shot and has made the ensuing free throw 67 times. Despite facing collapsing defenses he has notched double digits in all 91 games (the best current mark in the nation) and has posted less than 15 points just 12 times. With 671 made free throws in his career, he trails only UCLA's Don MacLean (711 from 1988-92) in the Pac-10 record book. His 854 attempts is second only to Stanford's Adam Keefe (886 from 1988-92). He also is the first Pac-10 player to lead the league in scoring in back-to-back years since Stan Love of Oregon did the trick in 1969-70 and 1970-71. Finished ninth in the nation in scoring his sophomore year (22.8 ppg.) and tied for fifth in junior year (22.6 ppg.). Has 11 30-point games, 50 20-point games, 30 double-doubles and 15 other games with nine rebounds in his 91-game career. Led ASU to its first NCAA Tournament win since 1995 with a 22-point effort against Memphis in March of 2003.
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS: Ike Diogu earned consensus second-team All-American honors in 2004-2005, as he was honored as a second-team selection by the Associated Press, Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers (USBWA), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Basketball Times. First-team consensus honors went to seniors Wayne Simien (Kansas) and Hakim Warrick (Syracuse), juniors J.J. Redick (Duke) and Dee Brown (Illinois) and sophomores Chris Paul (Wake Forest) and Andrew Bogut (Utah). Second-team honors went to Diogu, seniors Luther Head (Illinois) and Salim Stoudamire (Arizona) and juniors Sean May (North Carolina) and Deron Williams (Illinois).
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