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The Adolph F. Rupp Trophy was an
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{{Adolph Rupp Trophy Awards established in 1972 Awards disestablished in 2015 College basketball player of the year awards in the United States College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
award
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
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given annually to the top player in men's Division I NCAA
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basketball
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until 2015. The recipient of the award was selected by an independent panel consisting of national sportswriters, coaches, and sports administrators. The trophy was presented each year at the site of the Final Four of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball
In Unite ...
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The Adolph F. Rupp Trophy was administered by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky, a non-profit organization with a primary mission of honoring the legacy of University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...
coach Adolph Rupp
Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach. He is ranked seventh in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching at the Un ...
. Three winners of the award have been freshmen: Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant ( ; born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball f ...
of Texas
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in 2007, John Wall
Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen with the first overa ...
of Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
in 2010 and Anthony Davis of Kentucky in 2012.
Winners
See also
*List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards
This article lists U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards. Several organizations sponsor an award for the nation's top player. Twenty-six times since there’s been six player of the year awards, has a single player won ea ...
References
External links
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{{Adolph Rupp Trophy Awards established in 1972 Awards disestablished in 2015 College basketball player of the year awards in the United States College basketball trophies and awards in the United States