NCAA March Madness 08 Cover Athlete Announced

Electronic Arts has revealed that former University of Texas basketball star Kevin Durant, the first college freshman to receive the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy as men's basketball college player of the year, has been chosen to be on the cover of NCAA March Madness 08. The Longhorns' star, who likely will be the first or second pick in the NBA Draft later this week, joins an exclusive list of world-class teenagers to be selected to the cover of an EA SPORTS videogame franchise, taking his place alongside Freddy Adu (FIFA Soccer 06) of the MLS Real Salt Lake, Carmelo Anthony (NCAA March Madness 04) of the NBA Denver Nuggets and Wayne Rooney (FIFA 06 in United Kingdom) of Manchester United. In the works at EA Canada, NCAA March Madness 08 will be released for PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2 - a batch of images and a trailer have been added in our download area.