SAN ANTONIO (AP) (4/2/04) -- Saint Joseph's swept The Associated Press men's college basketball awards Friday, with senior guard Jameer Nelson a runaway winner as player of the year and Phil Martelli selected as coach of the year.

The two led the tiny school from Philadelphia to an almost-perfect regular season, a No. 1 ranking and a deep run in the NCAA Tournament that ended one game shy of the Final Four.

It's the ninth time one school swept the awards and the first since 1980 when Mark Aguirre and Ray Meyer of DePaul won them.

"The numbers are extraordinary, but pale in comparison to who he is. He is the finest human being that I've been around in the game of basketball," said Martelli of Nelson.

The 5-foot-11 Nelson averaged 20.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.9 steals this season, leading the Hawks to a 30-2 record. He shot 47.5 percent from the field, including 39 percent from 3-point range, and shot 79.2 percent from the free throw line. His No. 14 already has been retired. He finished as the school's all-time leader in points (2,094) and assists (713).

"I wouldn't be receiving these awards if my teammates didn't capture the attention of the nation," Nelson said. "It was an unbelievable season."

Nelson received 55 votes from the same national panel that votes on the weekly poll, well ahead of the 14 for Connecticut's Emeka Okafor, like Nelson a unanimous All-America selection. Lawrence Roberts of Mississippi State had three.

It was the second straight year an Atlantic 10 player won the award, following David West of Xavier last season. The only other player from that league to win it was Marcus Camby of Massachusetts in 1996.

Martelli just completed his ninth season at Saint Joseph's, and it was unlike any other in school history. The Hawks didn't lose until Xavier beat them in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament and then reached the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament, falling 64-62 to Oklahoma State in a game many considered an instant classic.

Saint Joseph's won the Atlantic 10 regular-season title for a fourth straight year and this was the third time the Hawks won 25 or more games under Martelli.

"This award for myself is not really for coach of the year ... this is about honoring the team of the year," Martelli said. "I know someone's going to cut down the nets this weekend, but there's not a better team than my team. This young man (Nelson) and his teammates gave everything they had every single day."

Martelli received 29 votes, 16 more than Eddie Sutton, whose Oklahoma State team ended the Hawks' season. Mike Montgomery of Stanford was third with 12 votes and Joe Scott of Air Force had eight.

The only other Atlantic 10 coach to win the award was John Chaney of Temple in 1988.

Of the nine times a school swept the awards, UCLA did it four times. John Wooden was the coach each time, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) in 1967 and 1969, and Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973.