Brandon Miller Named NABC Freshman of the Year

Miller named the nation’s top freshman in college basketball.

George Walker IV / The Tennessean-USA TODAY NETWORK

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama men's basketball forward Brandon Miller has been named the 2023 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Freshman of the Year Award winner, it was announced Tuesday afternoon. The awards were voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.

Miller is the first freshman in program history to win the award and his second freshman of the year award as Miller was also named the USBWA Freshman of the Year recipient.

Miller's trophy case is already pretty packed as he's received numerous awards:

• Associated Press First Team All-America selection
• NABC District 20 First Team All-District honoree
• USBWA Freshman of the Year award recipient
• Became the first player to sweep the SEC Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Tournament MVP awards in the same season
• A USBWA Second-Team All-America honoree this season and the only freshman to make the 15-man roster
• A First Team All-SEC and All-Tournament selection

Miller also became the fourth player in the last 50 years to lead the SEC in scoring as a freshman (19.6 ppg) joining Tennessee's Bernard King (1975) and LSU's Chris Jackson (1989) and Cameron Thomas (2021). And he was the only player in Division I in the last 30 years to score 695 points, record 305 rebounds and make 105 three-pointers this season.

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