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List of college basketball national players of the year, All-Americans: CBS Sports' archive of award-winners

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sportsApril 9, 2026

List of college basketball national players of the year, All-Americans: CBS Sports' archive of award-winners

Our comprehensive archive of college hoops All-Americans, Players, Freshmen and Coaches of the Year dating back to the mid-2000s

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Matt Norlander

Apr 9, 2026

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There are a number of awards, voting houses and different entities that hand out college basketball honors every year. Here on the digital side of CBS Sports, we've been contributing to these national decorations for more than two decades.

With that in mind, we thought it best to publish an archive of how CBSSports.com's college basketball staff has voted on national player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year and its All-America teams dating back to the mid-2000s. (The pre-2005 honors may well be lost in the internet ether.)

This living archive will get updated with postseason honors with every subsequent season. Have you ever wanted a quick reference to a specific season and which players were the standouts? We have you covered. Keep in mind, this is specific to CBS Sports; it does not include the likes of the United States Basketball Writers Association, Naismith, Associated Press or Wooden Awards. If you're looking for the history of all All-America teams dating back to the 1940s, Sports Reference has it right here.

Notably, CBS Sports is proud to be the only mainstream outlet to have a longstanding policy of voting on its college basketball honors during the week of the Final Four, rather than at the end of the regular season or just before the start of the NCAA Tournament. In doing so, NCAA Tournament performance is taken into account, but not fully, as our awards are determined after the conclusion of the Elite Eight.

Here is a master list of every major recipient of CBS Sports' men's basketball awards dating back to the 2006-07 season.

2025-26

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Player of the Year

Cameron Boozer, Duke

Freshman of the Year

Cameron Boozer, Duke

Coach of the Year

Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

Transfer of the Year

Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan

All-America First Team

Darius Acuff Jr., Arizona

Cameron Boozer, Duke

AJ Dybantsa, BYU

Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan

Keaton Wagler, Illinois

All-America Second Team

Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's

Kingston Flemings, Houston

Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State

Braden Smith, Purdue

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

All-America Third Team

Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State

Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama

Bennett Stirtz, Iowa

Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt

Caleb Wilson, North Carolina

2024-25

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Player of the Year

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Freshman of the Year

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Coach of the Year

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

Transfer of the Year

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

All-America First Team

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Johni Broome, Auburn

Walter Clayton Jr., Florida

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

Braden Smith, Purdue

All-America Second Team

John Tonje, Wisconsin

Mark Sears, Alabama

Kam Jones, Marquette

Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton

PJ Haggerty, Memphis

All-America Third Team

Eric Dixon, Villanova

LJ Cryer, Houston

RJ Luis, St. John's

Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue

Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

2023-24

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Player of the Year

Zach Edey, Purdue

Freshman of the Year

Reed Sheppard, Kentucky

Coach of the Year

Dan Hurley, Connecticut

Transfer of the Year

Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

All-America First Team

Zach Edey, Purdue

Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

RJ Davis, North Carolina

Jamal Shead, Houston

Tristen Newton, Connecticut

All-America Second Team

Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois

Mark Sears, Alabama

Tyler Kolek, Marquette

Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State

Kyle Filipowski, Duke

All-America Third Team

DaRon Holmes II, Dayton

Hunter Dickinson, Kansas

Baylor Scheierman, Creighton

Caleb Love, Arizona

Donovan Clingan, Connecticut

2022-23

Graphic by Kim O'Reilly

Player of the Year

Zach Edey, Purdue

Freshman of the Year

Brandon Miller, Alabama

Coach of the Year

Dusty May, FAU

Transfer of the Year

Kendric Davis, Memphis

All-America First Team

Zach Edey, Purdue

Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana

Jalen Wilson, Kansas

Brandon Miller, Alabama

Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Marcus Sasser, Houston

Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Markquis Nowell, Kansas State

Jalen Pickett, Penn State

Tyler Kolek, Marquette

All-America Third Team

Adama Sanogo, Connecticut

Isaiah Wong, Miami

Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State

Kris Murray, Iowa

2021-22

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Player of the Year

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky

Freshman of the Year

Paolo Banchero, Duke

Coach of the Year

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

All-America First Team

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky

Keegan Murray, Iowa

Johnny Davis, Wisconsin

Ochai Agabji, Kansas

Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Collin Gillespie, Villanova

Paolo Banchero, Duke

Jaden Ivey, Purdue

Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

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