Kevin Durant to Cover NCAA March Madness 08

Electronic Arts has announced that former University of Texas basketball star Kevin Durant has been chosen for the cover shot of the EA SPORTS™ videogame NCAA® March Madness® 08. Durant (18), winner of the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy as men’s basketball college player of the year, is currently signed with the Longhorns. He is the second youngest player and one of only four teens to be picked as the cover for an EA Sports video game.

“A lot of great players have been chosen to be on the cover of EA SPORTS videogames, and it is an honor to be in their company,” said Durant. “When I see the game on store shelves, it is really going to hit home that it’s me on the cover of March Madness 08. I’m going to be first in line to buy all the copies to hand out to all my friends. It’s like a dream come true.”

For more details checkout the EA release on Business Wire. NCAA March Madness 08 will be released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and the Xbox360 sometime during the college basketball season.

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