WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the second straight year, Zach Edey was tabbed the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) National Player of the Year, the organization announced earlier today.
The NABC honor is the second one won this season after being named the recipient of The Sporting News' highest honor last month. Edey has now been named the NPOY in the first two of the six organizations that have handed out NPOY accolades.
Dating to last year, Edey has now won all eight major National Player of the Year accolades that have been handed out as he has a chance to become the first unanimous (winning all of them) back-to-back National Player of the Year honoree since Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973. The four remaining National Player of the Year awards come from the Associated Press, the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Edey is the first Purdue player to earn back-to-back consensus first-team honors since Rick Mount in 1969 and 1970. Edey, Mount and Terry Dischinger (1961, 1962) are the only two-time consensus first-team All-Americans in school history.
Entering the Final Four, Edey has dominated all season long, averaging 25.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 2.1 assists per game in all games played.
Edey is one of seven players in NCAA history to tally at least 925 points and 450 rebounds in a season, ranking third in Purdue history in points and first in rebounds in a season. He is already the first one to add 50 assists and 50 blocked shots to the total.
Edey has produced against the nation's best teams, averaging a combined 41.0 points, rebounds and assists against high-major opposition, currently the first player in at least the last 15 years to average a combined 40 points, rebounds and assists against high-major opposition.
Edey Leads the country in 30-10 games with nine (next closest is 3) and 20-10 games with 24.
He is the first player since Oscar Robertson (1960) to lead the country in scoring and lead his team to the Final Four.
Edey is the first player in Big Ten history with 2,400 career points and 1,200 career rebounds, and has joined David Robinson (Navy, 1984-87) as the only players in NCAA history with 2,400 career points, 1,200 career rebounds, 200 career blocks and to shoot over 60.0 percent from the field. He currently ranks third in both career points (2,459) and career rebounds (1,299) in Big Ten history.
Edey has dominated the NCAA Tournament so far, being one of four players (Edey, Elvin Hayes, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain) to average at least 30.0 points and 15.0 rebounds in the first four NCAA Tournament games. He has tallied five straight games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament, which is tied for the longest streak in NCAA history with Navy's David Robinson (1986).
With his 40-point, 16-rebound performance against Tennessee, Edey is one of six players, and the first since 1990, with a 40-point, 15-rebound games in NCAA Tournament action. He is the first player to do so in a Regional Final.
Edey and the Boilermakers will battle North Carolina State in the National Semifinal on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Phoenix.
The NABC honor is the second one won this season after being named the recipient of The Sporting News' highest honor last month. Edey has now been named the NPOY in the first two of the six organizations that have handed out NPOY accolades.
Dating to last year, Edey has now won all eight major National Player of the Year accolades that have been handed out as he has a chance to become the first unanimous (winning all of them) back-to-back National Player of the Year honoree since Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973. The four remaining National Player of the Year awards come from the Associated Press, the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Edey is the first Purdue player to earn back-to-back consensus first-team honors since Rick Mount in 1969 and 1970. Edey, Mount and Terry Dischinger (1961, 1962) are the only two-time consensus first-team All-Americans in school history.
Entering the Final Four, Edey has dominated all season long, averaging 25.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 2.1 assists per game in all games played.
Edey is one of seven players in NCAA history to tally at least 925 points and 450 rebounds in a season, ranking third in Purdue history in points and first in rebounds in a season. He is already the first one to add 50 assists and 50 blocked shots to the total.
Edey has produced against the nation's best teams, averaging a combined 41.0 points, rebounds and assists against high-major opposition, currently the first player in at least the last 15 years to average a combined 40 points, rebounds and assists against high-major opposition.
Edey Leads the country in 30-10 games with nine (next closest is 3) and 20-10 games with 24.
He is the first player since Oscar Robertson (1960) to lead the country in scoring and lead his team to the Final Four.
Edey is the first player in Big Ten history with 2,400 career points and 1,200 career rebounds, and has joined David Robinson (Navy, 1984-87) as the only players in NCAA history with 2,400 career points, 1,200 career rebounds, 200 career blocks and to shoot over 60.0 percent from the field. He currently ranks third in both career points (2,459) and career rebounds (1,299) in Big Ten history.
Edey has dominated the NCAA Tournament so far, being one of four players (Edey, Elvin Hayes, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain) to average at least 30.0 points and 15.0 rebounds in the first four NCAA Tournament games. He has tallied five straight games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament, which is tied for the longest streak in NCAA history with Navy's David Robinson (1986).
With his 40-point, 16-rebound performance against Tennessee, Edey is one of six players, and the first since 1990, with a 40-point, 15-rebound games in NCAA Tournament action. He is the first player to do so in a Regional Final.
Edey and the Boilermakers will battle North Carolina State in the National Semifinal on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Phoenix.