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Pete Newell Big Man Award

Pete Newell Big Man Award

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The Pete Newell Big Man Award has been awarded by the National Association of Basketball Coaches since 2000. It is presented to the top low-post player each season. The award is named after Pete Newell, the coach who ran the Pete Newell Big Man Camp for low-post players from 1976 until his death in 2008.

Only four schools, Duke, Utah, Purdue, and Kentucky have produced more than one winner; Duke and Purdue have had three winners, and the others have two each. Utah's winners are two of the only four to have been born outside the U.S.—Andrew Bogut in Australia and Jakob Pöltl in Austria. The others are Oscar Tshiebwe, born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zach Edey, born in Canada.

Winners

* Awarded a National Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
Drew Gooden of Kansas won in 2002.
Andrew Bogut of Utah won in 2005.
Blake Griffin of Oklahoma won in 2009.
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References

  1. [1]
    "Johnson Receives Big Man Award". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. April 3, 2011. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    Thompson, Ken (November 30, 2017). "Players who made an Impact: 15 to 1". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
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