NABC Defensive Player of the Year College men's basketball defensive player of the year award
The NABC Defensive Player of the Year is a college basketball award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I competition. It has been given since 1987 and was previously known as the Henry Iba Corinthian Award , named after Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba , who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970.
Duke has dominated the award with six recipients who have won a total of nine awards. The only other schools with more than one recipient are UConn , with two recipients who combined for four awards, and Ohio State , Kentucky , and Virginia with two recipients who each won the award once. Three players have been named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year on three occasions—Stacey Augmon of UNLV (1989–1991), Tim Duncan of Wake Forest (1995–1997), and Shane Battier of Duke (1999–2001). Greg Oden (2007) and Anthony Davis (2012) are the only freshmen to have won the award.
Two winners of this award were born outside the main territory of the United States. Duncan was born in the United States Virgin Islands , an insular area of the U.S.; by U.S. law, all natives of the USVI are U.S. citizens by birth.[ 1] Hasheem Thabeet , the 2008 and 2009 winner, is a native of Tanzania .[ 2]
Key
Winners
Winners by school
School
Winners
Years
Duke
9
1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000† , 2001, 2005, 2006
UConn
4
2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UNLV
3
1989, 1990, 1991
Wake Forest
3
1995, 1996, 1997
Kansas
2
2013,† 2020
Kentucky
2
2012, 2015
Ohio State
2
2007, 2014
Virginia
2
2016, 2019
West Virginia
2
2017, 2018
Auburn
1
2022
Baylor
1
2021
Cincinnati
1
2000†
Georgetown
1
1992
Houston
1
2024
Indiana
1
2013†
Marquette
1
1994
Mississippi State
1
2010
Morehead State
1
2011
Providence
1
2002
UCLA
1
2023
References
^ "Duncan goes from island life to life in the NBA" . Montgomery Advertiser . Montgomery, Alabama . October 26, 1997. p. 63. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Conner, Desmond (October 27, 2006). "Thabeet's Eligibility Translates Into Relief In Family" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . p. C07. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Come meet Tommy Amaker" . Hickory Daily Record . Hickory, North Carolina . April 21, 1987. p. 8. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Duke's King gets Iba award" . Martinsville Bulletin . Martinsville, Virginia . April 18, 1988. p. 7. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b c Denberg, Jeffrey (September 25, 1991). "Augmon expected to sign soon" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia . p. 64. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b DeCourcy, Mike (January 15, 1994). "UAB guard has super defense" . The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee . p. 33. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sports Log: Basketball" . Oshkosh Northwestern . Oshkosh, Wisconsin . April 28, 1994. p. 34. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b c "Number one guy" . The Bryan-College Station Eagle . Bryan, Texas . June 26, 1997. p. 21. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCreary, Joedy (April 2, 2014). "Duke's 'Wojo' will lead Eagles" . Leader-Telegram . Eau Claire, Wisconsin . p. D3. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b c Dufresne, Chris (April 7, 2001). "Another title for Battier" . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . p. 59. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Battier, Martin NABC defensive players of year" . The Herald-Sun . Durham, North Carolina . March 29, 2000. p. 37. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Linehan honored as defensive player of year" . Southwest Daily News . Sulphur, Louisiana . March 29, 2002. p. 7. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sneddon, Steve (November 19, 2003). "Pack faces big task against UConn, Okafor" . Reno Gazette-Journal . Reno, Nevada . p. 15. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Conner, Desmond (April 5, 2004). "Okafor, Nelson Share NABC Award" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. p. 133. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b Chavez, Luciana (June 29, 2006). "The ACC's big three" . The News & Observer . Raleigh, North Carolina . p. 27. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Povtak, Tim (June 29, 2007). "NBA's future goes West with Oden, Durant" . Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida . p. D9. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b Anthony, Mike (April 14, 2009). "Thabeet Gets Taste Of Celebrity Life" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. p. B02. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "MSU's Varnado claims another national honor" . The Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi . April 5, 2010. p. 16. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Worthy, Lynn (December 19, 2011). "Both BU teams seek end to skids" . Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, New York . p. 19. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tucker, Kyle (April 2, 2012). "Davis all but cleans up on national awards" . Courier Journal . Louisville, Kentucky . p. C9. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jones, Jonathan (June 26, 2013). "Hoosiers' Oladipo builds himself into a top prospect" . The News & Observer . Raleigh, North Carolina. p. C3. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "KU's McLemore, Withey drafted" . The Iola Register . Iola, Kansas . June 29, 2013. p. 9. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wasserman, Ari (April 5, 2014). "Craft chosen by coaches as nation's top defender" . The Plain Dealer . Cleveland, Ohio . p. 21. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Meet Willie Cauley-Stein" . Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida. June 19, 2015. p. C5. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UVa's Brogdon named top defender by NABC" . The Roanoke Times . Roanoke, Virginia . April 1, 2016. p. 19. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b Reed, Tashan (June 24, 2018). "Memphis pick Carter went to Griz games as a child" . The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee. p. 18. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wood, Norm (April 6, 2019). "Hunter fueled by his late father's passion: 'I know he'd be so proud' " . Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia . p. B4. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bedore, Gary (March 31, 2020). "Azubuike chosen as nation's top defender" . The Kansas City Star . Kansas City, Missouri . p. B1. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Beard, Aaron (July 29, 2021). "Davion Mitchell" . Winona Daily News . Winona, Minnesota . p. B3. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Beard, Aaron (June 22, 2022). "Duren, Williams, Kessler top list of big men" . Hickory Daily Record . Hickory, North Carolina. p. B2. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Zach Edey, Jerome Tang, Jaylen Clark win Naismith awards" . The Victoria Advocate . Victoria, Texas . April 4, 2023. p. B2. Retrieved September 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UH's Sampson, Shead Honored by NABC" . Big12sports.com . Big 12 Conference . April 2, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024 .
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