Q 01/05

The Wooden Award was created in the 1970s to be college basketball's answer to which football honor?

A) Heisman Trophy

B) Maxwell Award

C) Outland Trophy

D) Walter Camp Award

Answer · why

A) Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Trophy was the model: the founding club wanted one prize the whole country would accept as naming the best player in college basketball.

Q 02/05

Which Indiana State forward won the 1979 Wooden Award before starring for the Boston Celtics?

A) Magic Johnson

B) Larry Bird

C) Kevin McHale

D) Sidney Moncrief

Answer · why

B) Larry Bird

Larry Bird won it after leading Indiana State through an unbeaten regular season, a run that ended in the NCAA final against Michigan State.

Q 03/05

What does each of the five bronze figures on the Wooden Award trophy represent?

A) A playing position

B) A coaching maxim

C) A basketball skill

D) A class year

Answer · why

C) A basketball skill

A basketball skill each: rebounding, passing, shooting, dribbling and defense, the five John Wooden believed a complete player must show.

Q 04/05

Which Texas forward became the first freshman to win the Wooden Award, doing so in 2007?

A) Greg Oden

B) Carmelo Anthony

C) Michael Beasley

D) Kevin Durant

Answer · why

D) Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant swept every major player-of-the-year honor after his single season at Texas, something no freshman had managed before.

Q 05/05

Which Iowa guard won back-to-back Wooden Awards while becoming Division I's all-time leading scorer?

A) Caitlin Clark

B) Angel Reese

C) Cameron Brink

D) Hailey Van Lith

Answer · why

A) Caitlin Clark

Caitlin Clark took the women's award as a junior and again as a senior, and carried Iowa to the national title game in both seasons.