Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
John R. Wooden Award Goes To Utah's Andrew Bogut
4/9/2005 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 9, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Andrew Bogut barely heard of John Wooden while growing up in Australia. He knows a lot more about the coaching great now.
Bogut was the runaway winner of the John R. Wooden award, presented Saturday to college basketball's player of the year at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, who received the legends of coaching award, filled in some details for Bogut about Wooden.
"I'd heard the name before. College basketball isn't very big in Australia," Bogut said. "He's a legendary coach -- one of the best of all-time."
The award was first presented in 1977 -- two years after Wooden retired as the coach at UCLA, where he led the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships in his last 12 years on the job. The first winner was UCLA's Marques Johnson.
Now 94, Wooden didn't attend the award ceremony but was expected at a banquet Saturday night.
Bogut, a 7-foot sophomore, became the first non-American to win the men's award, collecting 4,314 points from a national panel of more than 1,000 voters of sports media members and college basketball experts. Duke's J.J. Redick was second with 3,552 points.
"It's very special just to have my name engraved on that trophy with the likes of Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan," said Bogut, who is giving up his final two years of college eligibility to enter the NBA draft, where he's expected to be one of the top picks.
"I think he's going to be a great pro and have a long career -- as many years as he wants to play the game," Utah coach Ray Giacoletti said.
The 20-year-old Bogut averaged 20.4 points and 12.2 rebounds in leading the Utes to a 29-6 record this season.
"Bogut is a phenomenon," Calhoun said. "The greatest thing he has is a feel for the game."
Dee Brown of Illinois finished third in the men's voting with 3,003 points, followed by Sean May of NCAA champion North Carolina with 2,806; Wayne Simien of Kansas with 2,707; Chris Paul of Wake Forest with 2,659; Salim Stoudamire of Arizona with 2,395; Hakim Warrick of Syracuse with 2,257; Francisco Garcia of Louisville with 1,178; and Deron Williams of Illinois with 1,016.
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