Indianapolis ? North Carolina and Duke can get along.

Roy Williams, the coach of the Tar Heels, and J.J. Redick, the star guard of the Blue Devils, had good things to say about each other Friday when they received awards from the Associated Press as the national coach and player of the year.

Williams received 29 votes, followed by Jay Wright of Villanova with 15, Bruce Pearl of Tennessee with 11 and Bill Self of Kansas University with seven.

What is considered college basketball’s greatest rivalry – the schools are eight miles apart and the programs are among the sport’s most successful – took a break with Williams and Redick sharing a dais.

“When you talk about Duke as a coach, you talk about stopping J.J.,” Williams said. “The things he did were amazing, and it’s going to be a long time before we see a player like him again.”

Redick, a repeat All-American, finished as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-time leading scorer and the NCAA career leader in three-point field goals.

“Coach Williams did a great job this season at North Carolina, but you did ruin my senior night,” Redick said, referring to a loss to the Tar Heels in his final home game.

North Carolina head basketball coach Roy Williams, left, and Duke senior guard J.J. Redick visit with each other behind their trophies naming them AP coach and player of the year Friday, March 31, 2006, in Indianapolis.

Redick, whose three-point shooting led Duke to a 32-4 record and the No. 1 ranking for most of the season, was second in the nation in scoring this season. He is the record sixth Duke player to win the award, with five winners coming since 1992. The award was first presented in 1961.

Redick received 43 votes from the 72-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Adam Morrison of Gonzaga, who beat Redick in a season-long, bicoastal scoring race, got the other 29 votes in balloting conducted before the NCAA Tournament.

Redick averaged 26.8 points this season, shooting 47 percent from the field, 42 percent from three-point range and 86 percent from the free throw line. A tireless worker on offense and an extremely intense player, he averaged 37.1 minutes.

Williams followed a national-championship season by leading an inexperienced North Carolina team to a Top 10 finish. Williams, who won the award in 1992 at Kansas, is the second coach to win it at two schools, joining Eddie Sutton (Arkansas in 1978 and Kentucky in 1986).