ANN ARBOR -- It's been 47 years since the Michigan basketball program has had a national player of the year.

That drought is officially over.

Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke has been named Sports Illustrated's men's college basketball Player of the Year. The announcement is scheduled to appear in this week's SI NCAA tournament preview issue.

Burke becomes Michigan's first national player of the year since Cazzie Russell was named NCAA Player of the Year in 1966.

The sophomore was also named to SI's five-man All-America team, joining Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart, Creighton's Doug McDermott, Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk and Indiana's Cody Zeller.

This is the third first-team All-America honor for Burke, who has also been named to the Sporting News' and USBWA first squad.

Burke, who averages 19.2 points and 6.7 assists for Michigan (26-7), is also a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Naismith Award and the Robertson Trophy -- three other major national player of the year honors.

Fourth-seeded Michigan will play No. 13 South Dakota State in an NCAA tournament South Region game at 7:15 p.m. Thursday (CBS) at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

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