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Oklahoma basketball: Buddy Hield wins Naismith Trophy

Buddy Hield

HOUSTON — Senior guard Buddy Hield moves the ball away from a Villanova defender during the first half of the game April 2. The Sooners trailed 42-28 at the half.

Buddy Hield might have fallen short of winning a national championship, but he racked up another individual award on Sunday. 

Hield won the Naismith Trophy Sunday, which is given to the top men's college player of the year. Hield was one of 10 semifinalists that were eligible for the award and was the only semifinalist from a Big 12 school. 

It is the fourth such award that he has won this season. Hield has also claimed Sporting News Player of the Year, CBS Sports National Player of the Year and the Oscar Robertson Trophy awarded by the United States Basketball Writers Association. 

The senior guard averaged 25.4 points per game this season while shooting 50 percent from the field, 47 percent from three-point range and 88 percent at the free throw line. He scored 30-plus points 12 times during the season.

Hield also became the Big 12's all-time leading scorer in OU's 95-51 loss to Villanova Saturday in the national semifinal. 

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