The Pete Newell Big Man Award has been awarded by the

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since 2000. It is presented to the top

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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,

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, and

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 ...

have produced more than one winner; Duke has had three winners, and the others have two each. Utah's winners are two of the only three to have been born outside the U.S.— Andrew Bogut in

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and

Jakob Pöltl Jakob Pöltl (sometimes spelled Jakob Poeltl; ; born October 15, 1995) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes. In his so ...

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. The third is

Oscar Tshiebwe Oscar Tshiebwe (born 27 November 1999) is a Congolese college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the West Virginia Mountaineers. In 2021, Tshiebwe was the consensus nationa ...

, born in the

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Winners

References

External links

Official site
{{Pete Newell Big Man Award Awards established in 2000 College basketball trophies and awards in the United States National Association of Basketball Coaches