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The 'Men's Naismith Award winners' quiz
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The 'Men's Naismith Award winners' quiz

Can you name every Naismith Men's Player of the Year Award winner? The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball (in 1891), Dr. James Naismith. Quiz clue: Year / School. Good luck!

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TIME:
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1969 - UCLA
Lew Alcindor
1970 - LSU
Pete Maravich
1971 - Notre Dame
Austin Carr
1972 - UCLA
Bill Walton
1973 - UCLA
Bill Walton
1974 - UCLA
Bill Walton
1975 - NC St.
David Thompson
1976 - Indiana
Scott May
1977 - UCLA
Marques Johnson
1978 - Marquette
Butch Lee
1979 - Indiana St.
Larry Bird
1980 - DePaul
Mark Aguirre
1981 - Virginia
Ralph Sampson
1982 - Virginia
Ralph Sampson
1983 - Virginia
Ralph Sampson
1984 - UNC
Michael Jordan
1985 - Georgetown
Patrick Ewing
1986 - Duke
Johnny Dawkins
1987 - Navy
David Robinson
1988 - Kansas
Danny Manning
1989 - Duke
Danny Ferry
1990 - La Salle
Lionel Simmons
1991 - UNLV
Larry Johnson
1992 - Duke
Christian Laettner
1993 - Indiana
Calbert Cheaney
1994 - Purdue
Glenn Robinson
1995 - Maryland
Joe Smith
1996 - Massachusetts
Marcus Camby
1997 - Wake Forest
Tim Duncan
1998 - UNC
Antawn Jamison
1999 - Duke
Elton Brand
2000 - Cincinnati
Kenyon Martin
2001 - Duke
Shane Battier
2002 - Duke
Jason Williams
2003 - Texas
T. J. Ford
2004 - St. Joseph's
Jameer Nelson
2005 - Utah
Andrew Bogut
2006 - Duke
J. J. Redick
2007 - Texas
Kevin Durant
2008 - UNC
Tyler Hansbrough
2009 - Oklahoma
Blake Griffin
2010 - Ohio St.
Evan Turner
2011 - BYU
Jimmer Fredette
2012 - Kentucky
Anthony Davis
2013 - Michigan
Trey Burke
2014 - Creighton
Doug McDermott
2015 - Wisconsin
Frank Kaminsky
2016 - Oklahoma
Buddy Hield
2017 - Kansas
Frank Mason III
2018 - Villanova
Jalen Brunson
2019 - Duke
Zion Williamson
2020 - Dayton
Obi Toppin
2021 - Iowa
Luka Garza
2022 - Kentucky
Oscar Tshiebwe
2023 - Purdue
Zach Edey

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