Kansas State's Michael Beasley finished second to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough in the voting for the John R. Wooden Award Friday night in Los Angeles.

Beasley was followed by Kevin Love of UCLA and D.J. Augustin of Texas and Stephen Curry of Davidson in the voting.

Michael Beasley led the Big 12 in scoring (26.2) and rebounding (12.4) for the 21-12 Wildcats, who lost to Wisconsin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Tyler Hansbrough led the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring (22.8) and rebounding (10.3) as the Tar Heels (36-2) were ranked No. 1 for all but six weeks this season and went to the Final Four.

More than 1,000 national media and college basketball experts cast votes based on players' regular and postseason performances, character and academic performance. Unlike most player of the year awards, votes could be cast as late as the NCAA Tournament's regional round.

Tennessee's Candace Parker, who led the Volunteers to their second-straight national championship on Tuesday, won the women's award for the second straight year.

The awards are named for the former UCLA coach who guided the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships in a 12-year span before retiring in 1975.

For the third time since the inception of the award, Wooden didn't attend the ceremony. The Wooden family announced in August 2005 that he would no longer participate because of a trademark dispute concerning the use of his name.

The 97-year-old coach was recently hospitalized after breaking his left wrist and collarbone in a fall at home on Feb. 29.

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