SAN ANTONIO - Jameer Nelson and Phil Martelli were at the Final Four. The star and coach of Saint Joseph's wanted to be in the Final Four.

The tiny school from Philadelphia that had an almost-perfect season swept The Associated Press men's college basketball awards Friday.

Picking up two nice trophies and joining a select group of previous double winners didn't do much to lift their spirits six days after the Hawks lost 64-62 to Oklahoma State in the East Rutherford Regional final, one game from the Final Four.

"I thought coming here would help," Martelli said Friday, after stopping off at the Alamodome a day earlier. "It just felt empty."

He might not even attend the semifinals Saturday.

"I don't know if I can emotionally handle the games," he said.

This marked the ninth time one school swept the awards, and the first since 1980 when Mark Aguirre and Ray Meyer of DePaul won them.

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 and the school's first No. 1 ranking and No. 1 seeding. 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, who like Nelson was a unanimous All-America selection. Lawrence Roberts of Mississippi State had three votes.

"He is the finest human being I've ever been around in this game of basketball," Martelli said of Nelson.

Nelson seemed to be getting over the loss a little quicker than Martelli.

"I'm starting to appreciate everything this season. The bitterness is starting to go away," he said.

Nelson said much of the season hasn't sunk in yet. He said it may take some time before he fully appreciates what the Hawks accomplished and then added a jab at the bald Martelli.

"Maybe once I get 40 years old and once Coach loses all the rest of his hair," he said.

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.

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. "By honoring me, you are really honoring those 15 kids."

Martelli received 29 votes, 16 more than Eddie Sutton of Oklahoma State. 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.