The title is named after Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball. The Naismith Trophy is the award given annually to the most outstanding players in the NCAA, both male and female. For its ...

Flagg is the presumed No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, and although he has yet to publicly announce his plans he is expected to ...

Zach Osterman has had the pulse of the Indiana Hoosiers beat full-time since 2011. He won the 2024 beat reporting competition ...

Two days after Rick Pitino was named a co-recipient of the Associated Press National Coach of the Year, he was chosen as the ...

Cooper Flagg had an incredible freshman season at Duke, and he was honored as the Naismith Men's College Player of the Year ...

In 2025, Flagg was named the Naismith Men's College Player of the Year after a stellar season with the Blue Devils that ended with the Final Four.

Zeigler won back-to-back SEC Defensive Player of the Year awards, and Mashack won the Field of 68's Defensive Player of the ...

Duke star Cooper Flagg won his second major award in two days when he received the Naismith Trophy as the national player of ...

Earlier this month, Pitino was named the co-recipient of the AP Coach of the Year with Auburn’s Bruce Pearl. In March, Pitino ...

Kalkbrenner also won NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors Tuesday and was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Saturday.

St. John’s University basketball head coach Rick Pitino watches the New Mexico Lobos and Michigan State Spartans play in the ...

The first Naismith Women's College Official of the Year recognition was in 1988, to Patty Broderick. The award honors basketball officials who have exhibited character, and integrity and have ...