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Sports Minute: Dayton double: Flyers' Toppin, Grant claim AP top honors

Sports Minute: Dayton double: Flyers' Toppin, Grant claim AP top honors
4 years 4 months 2 days ago Tuesday, March 24 2020 Mar 24, 2020 March 24, 2020 11:05 AM March 24, 2020 in Sports - AP - Texas

By AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writer

Dayton's Obi Toppin and Anthony Grant have claimed top honors from The Associated Press after leading the Flyers to a No. 3 final ranking. Toppin was voted the AP men's college basketball player of the year. Grant is the AP coach of the year. They led the Flyers to a program-record 29 victories. Toppin won the player award with 34 votes from AP Top 25 poll voters. Iowa's Luka Garza was runner-up with 24 votes. Grant won the coaching honor with 30 votes in his third season at his alma mater. Baylor's Scott Drew was second with 13 votes.

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