- Lefty Driesell Award
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Lefty Driesell Award Awarded for the nation's top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I basketball Presented by CollegeInsider.com Country United States First awarded 2010 Currently held by Kent Bazemore, Old Dominion Official website http://www.collegeinsider.com/lefty/ The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools. He is best remembered for his success with the Maryland Terrapins program.[1]
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Winners
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden AwardPlayer (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Lefty Driesell Award Year Player School Class Reference 2009–10 Jarvis Varnado Mississippi State Senior [2] 2010–11 Kent Bazemore Old Dominion Junior [3] Winners by school
School Winners Years Mississippi State 1 2010 Old Dominion 1 2011 References
- General
- "Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. http://www.collegeinsider.com/lefty/established.html. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "Lefty Driesell Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. http://www.collegeinsider.com/lefty/. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Varnado Wins Lefty Driesell Award". Southeastern Conference. 2 April 2010. http://www.secsports.com/news/default.aspx?ArticleId=31739. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "ODU's Bazemore named Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". Daily Press. 2 April 2011. http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-odu-bazemore-04012011,0,5570493.story. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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Men's college basketball awards (United States) National players of the year Naismith Trophy • Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy • AP Player of the Year • Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) • NABC Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • Sporting News Player of the Year • UPI Player of the Year (defunct)Individual awards Academic All-America of the Year • All-Americans (by year) • Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) • Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) • Haggerty Award (NYC area) • Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) • Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) • Pete Newell Big Man Award • NABC Defensive Player of the Year • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (6'0" or shorter) • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) • USBWA National Freshman of the YearConference players of the year America East • American South • A-10 • ACC • A-Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Eight • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West • CAA • Conference USA • East Coast • Great Midwest • Great West • Horizon • Ivy • MAAC • Metro • MAC • MEAC • MVC • Mountain West • NEC • OVC • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • SoCon • Southland • Summit • Sun Belt • SWAC • WCC • WACHead coach awards Naismith Coach of the Year
Adolph Rupp Cup • AP Coach of the Year • Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) • Henry Iba Award • Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) • Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) • NABC Coach of the Year • Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) • UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) • Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) • Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)Conference coaches of the year ACC • Big 12 • CAADivision awards Halls of fame See also: Women's college basketball awardsLefty Driesell Award winners 2010: Varnado | 2011: Bazemore
Categories:- Awards established in 2010
- College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
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