What first did he achieve in 2007?

First freshman to win Naismith Player of the Year

Kevin Durant Texas Quiz: His One Season as a Longhorn

This Kevin Durant Texas quiz returns to 2006-07, when a skinny freshman from Maryland dominated college basketball. Play 10 interactive questions on Rick Barnes, his scoring and rebounding, the Big 12, his record as the first freshman Naismith winner, the NCAA tournament, the 2007 draft and his retired number.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

School
Which college did Kevin Durant play for?
Season
In which season did he play college basketball?
Coach
Who coached him at Texas?
Points
About how many points did he average?
Rebounds
About how many rebounds did he average?
Award
What first did he achieve in 2007?
Conference
Which conference did Texas play in?
Draft
Where was he picked in the 2007 draft?
Team
Which team drafted him?
Number
Which jersey number did Texas retire for him?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which college did Kevin Durant play for?
Answer: Texas
He played one season.
Q2: In which season did he play college basketball?
Answer: 2006-07
He was a freshman.
Q3: Who coached him at Texas?
Answer: Rick Barnes
Barnes recruited him from Maryland.
Q4: About how many points did he average?
Answer: About 26
He scored easily from everywhere.
Q5: About how many rebounds did he average?
Answer: About 11
His length helped inside.
Q6: What first did he achieve in 2007?
Answer: First freshman to win Naismith Player of the Year
He also won the Wooden Award.
Q7: Which conference did Texas play in?
Answer: Big 12
He was its player of the year.
Q8: Where was he picked in the 2007 draft?
Answer: Second overall
Greg Oden went first.
Q9: Which team drafted him?
Answer: Seattle SuperSonics
The team soon moved to Oklahoma City.
Q10: Which jersey number did Texas retire for him?
Answer: 35
He wore it in the NBA too.

Kevin Durant Texas Quiz – His One Season as a Longhorn

Kevin Durant grew up near Washington, D.C., in Maryland and played high school basketball at Montrose Christian. He chose Texas and coach Rick Barnes for the 2006-07 season.

As a freshman he averaged about 26 points and 11 rebounds and was named Big 12 Player of the Year. He became the first freshman to win the Naismith Award and also won the Wooden Award.

Texas lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Seattle SuperSonics took him second overall in the 2007 draft, behind Greg Oden, and Texas later retired his number 35.

What This Quiz Teaches

Basketball fans will enjoy these questions.

Where he played in college
Who coached him
What he averaged
Which awards he won
How he was drafted

Did You Know?

He scored over 30 points in many college games.
Scouts worried about his thin frame.
He became an NBA MVP in 2014.
He won NBA titles with the Golden State Warriors.
He has won several Olympic gold medals.