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The Naismith Player of the Year is awarded annually to the most outstanding college basketball player of the season.

Purdue junior guard Braden Smith is one of four players considered a finalist for the 2025 Naismith National Player of the ...

Q. What is the Naismith College Player of the Year award? - + A. The Naismith College Player of the Year award recognizes the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players in the ...

Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year Award finalists are out, headlined by Duke standout and projected No. 1 overall ...

Despite her injury in USC’s second-round win in the NCAA tournament, the 2025 Naismith Player of the Year Award seems to be ...

Auburn’s Johni Broome is one of the best men’s college basketball players to comprise this year’s list of finalists vying to ...

The winner will be announced on April 6, on the rest day between the Final Four and the national championship game. We are in the middle of March Madness and at this point, the list of players ...

The emerging rivalry between USC's JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo will add another chapter with the two stars ...

Broome, along with Florida's Walter Clayton Jr., Purdue star guard Braden Smith, and Duke freshman Cooper Flagg made up the ...

Duke head coach Jon Scheyer headlines the group of four finalists for the 2025 Naismith Men's College Basketball Coach of the ...

Creighton's big man received another big award on Tuesday. Ryan Kalkbrenner was named the NABC defensive player of the year, ...