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Duke basketball star Cameron Boozer\u2019s dominant season earns Naismith Player of the Year honor<\/h1>\n

Duke basketball star Cameron Boozer received a prestigious award in recognition of his efforts during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Duke basketball program is still sifting through the rubble\u00a0in the aftermath of last week’s shocking Elite Eight\u00a0loss to the UConn Huskies\u00a0in March Madness. Duke led that game by as many as 19 points, but ultimately let the game slip through their fingers in the final moments, with the Huskies already having since punched their ticket to the national title game.<\/p>\n

Still, it was a season to remember for Duke big man Cameron Boozer, son of former NBA player Carlos Boozer, who is expected to be one of the first names taken off the board in the upcoming NBA Draft. On Sunday, Boozer received\u00a0a great honor\u00a0highlighting his excellence throughout his freshman season for the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

\u201cCam Boozer has been named the 2026 Naismith Men\u2019s College Player of the Year,\u201d reported Bleacher Report on X, formerly Twitter, noting that Boozer joined Cooper Flagg as the second straight Duke player to win the award.<\/p>\n

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Flagg has since gone on to be drafted number one overall by the Dallas Mavericks and turned into an elite NBA rookie, and Boozer will look to follow a similar path when he (likely) declares for the draft later this offseason.<\/p>\n

Throughout this season, Boozer established himself as a force on both ends of the floor for the Blue Devils, able to use his size and athleticism to bully smaller defenders around the basket, as well as showing off a solid touch from beyond the three-point arc, all while being a major disruptor on defense.<\/p>\n

Boozer is currently in a race with AJ Dybantsa of BYU and Darryn Peterson of Kansas for who will be taken number one in the NBA Draft, which is slated to get underway in late June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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