The title is named after Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball. The Naismith Trophy is the award given annually to the most outstanding players in the NCAA, both male and female.

Josh Hart logged more minutes than any NBA player this season. His reward? Sore limbs — and the NBA’s new minutes leader ...

Bueckers is also one of the five finalists for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards which honors the top shooting guard in Division I college basketball. She has also continued the tradition of ...

claimed the inaugural trophy. Women’s basketball gained its Naismith recognition in 1983, with Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan earning the first female honor. The award’s connection to ...

He was announced Saturday as the winner of the National Basketball Coaches Association’s coach of the year award, a separate trophy from the NBA honors. Bickerstaff, in his first year with the Pistons ...

The trophy was sculpted by Marty C. Dawe of Atlanta and has since become one of the most prestigious individual honors in college basketball. The award expanded in 1983 to include a women’s ...

Monterey High School senior guard Aaliyah Chavez received her trophy for the 2025 Naismith High School Girls Player of the Year on Wednesday morning. Chavez was picked for ...

The Veterans Memorial Eagles' boys basketball team received their bronze medals Thursday for reaching the state semifinal. The Eagles' community was there to recognize them for their incredible ...

Former WNBA star and 5-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird is becoming managing director of USA Basketball women's national ...

Florida A&M is hiring former Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward as its next men's basketball coach following the departure of the program's previous coach, Patrick Crarey II, who was hired as ...