NABC Defensive Player of the Year explained

NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Description:the most outstanding men's defensive basketball player in NCAA Division I
Presenter:NABC
Country:United States
Year:1987
Holder:Jamal Shead, Houston

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

†Co-Players of the Year
Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; UPI; Naismith; Wooden; Adolph Rupp Trophy
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the NABC DPOY award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1986–87DukePG[3]
1987–88DukeF[4]
1988–89UNLVSF[5]
1989–90 (2)UNLVSF
1990–91 (3)UNLVSF
1991–92GeorgetownC[6]
1992–93DukeSF
1993–94MarquetteC[7]
1994–95Wake ForestC[8]
1995–96 (2)Wake ForestC
1996–97
  • (3)
Wake ForestC
1997–98DukeSG[9]
1998–99DukeSF[10]
1999–00† (2)DukeSF
CincinnatiC[11]
2000–01
  • (3)
DukeSF
2001–02ProvidencePG[12]
2002–03UConnC[13]
2003–04
  • (2)
UConnC[14]
2004–05DukePF[15]
2005–06 (2)DukePF
2006–07Ohio StateC[16]
2007–08UConnC[17]
2008–09 (2)UConnC
2009–10Mississippi StateC[18]
2010–11Morehead StatePF / C[19]
2011–12KentuckyC[20]
2012–13†IndianaSG[21]
KansasC[22]
2013–14Ohio StatePG[23]
2014–15KentuckyPF / C[24]
2015–16VirginiaSG[25]
2016–17West VirginiaPG[26]
2017–18 (2)West VirginiaPG
2018–19VirginiaSF[27]
2019–20KansasC[28]
2020–21BaylorPG[29]
2021–22AuburnC[30]
2022–23UCLASG[31]
2023–24HoustonPG[32]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Duke9align=left 1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000†, 2001, 2005, 2006
UConn4align=left 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UNLV3align=left 1989, 1990, 1991
Wake Forest3align=left 1995, 1996, 1997
Kansas2align=left 2013,† 2020
Kentucky2align=left 2012, 2015
Ohio State2align=left 2007, 2014
Virginia2align=left 2016, 2019
West Virginia2align=left 2017, 2018
Auburn1align=left 2022
Baylor1align=left 2021
Cincinnati1align=left 2000†
Georgetown1align=left 1992
Houston1align=left 2024
Indiana1align=left 2013†
Marquette1align=left 1994
Mississippi State1align=left 2010
Morehead State1align=left 2011
Providence1align=left 2002
UCLA1align=left 2023

Notes and References

  1. News: Duncan goes from island life to life in the NBA . . . October 26, 1997 . 63. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  2. News: Conner. Desmond. Thabeet's Eligibility Translates Into Relief In Family . . . October 27, 2006 . C07. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  3. News: Come meet Tommy Amaker . . . April 21, 1987 . 8. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  4. News: Duke's King gets Iba award . . . April 18, 1988 . 7. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  5. News: Denberg. Jeffrey. Augmon expected to sign soon . . . September 25, 1991 . 64. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  6. News: DeCourcy. Mike. UAB guard has super defense . . . January 15, 1994 . 33. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  7. News: Sports Log: Basketball . . . April 28, 1994 . 34. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  8. News: Number one guy . . . June 26, 1997 . 21. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  9. News: McCreary. Joedy. Duke's 'Wojo' will lead Eagles . . . April 2, 2014 . D3. Newspapers.com. September 2, 2024.
  10. News: Dufresne. Chris. Another title for Battier . . . April 7, 2001 . 59. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  11. News: Battier, Martin NABC defensive players of year . . . March 29, 2000 . 37. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  12. News: Linehan honored as defensive player of year . . . March 29, 2002 . 7. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  13. News: Sneddon. Steve. Pack faces big task against UConn, Okafor . . . November 19, 2003 . 15. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  14. News: Conner. Desmond. Okafor, Nelson Share NABC Award . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . April 5, 2004 . 133. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  15. News: Chavez. Luciana. The ACC's big three . . . June 29, 2006 . 27. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  16. News: Povtak. Tim. NBA's future goes West with Oden, Durant . . . June 29, 2007 . D9. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  17. News: Anthony. Mike. Thabeet Gets Taste Of Celebrity Life . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . April 14, 2009 . B02. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  18. News: MSU's Varnado claims another national honor . . . April 5, 2010 . 16. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  19. News: Worthy. Lynn. Both BU teams seek end to skids . . . December 19, 2011 . 19. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  20. News: Tucker. Kyle. Davis all but cleans up on national awards . . . April 2, 2012 . C9. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  21. News: Jones. Jonathan. Hoosiers' Oladipo builds himself into a top prospect . The News & Observer . Raleigh, North Carolina . June 26, 2013 . C3. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  22. News: KU's McLemore, Withey drafted . The Iola Register . . June 29, 2013 . 9. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  23. News: Wasserman. Ari. Craft chosen by coaches as nation's top defender . . . April 5, 2014 . 21. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  24. News: Meet Willie Cauley-Stein . Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida . June 19, 2015 . C5. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  25. News: UVa's Brogdon named top defender by NABC . . . April 1, 2016 . 19. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  26. News: Reed. Tashan. Memphis pick Carter went to Griz games as a child . The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee . June 24, 2018 . 18. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  27. News: Wood. Norm. Hunter fueled by his late father's passion: 'I know he'd be so proud' . . . April 6, 2019 . B4. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  28. News: Bedore. Gary. Azubuike chosen as nation's top defender . . . March 31, 2020 . B1. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  29. News: Beard. Aaron. Davion Mitchell . . . July 29, 2021 . B3. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  30. News: Beard. Aaron. Duren, Williams, Kessler top list of big men . Hickory Daily Record . Hickory, North Carolina . June 22, 2022 . B2. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  31. News: Zach Edey, Jerome Tang, Jaylen Clark win Naismith awards . . . April 4, 2023 . B2. Newspapers.com . September 2, 2024.
  32. Web site: UH's Sampson, Shead Honored by NABC . . April 2, 2024 . Big12sports.com . . September 2, 2024.

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