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Duke basketball: Tre Jones falls short in Defensive Player of Year race

As the college basketball world tries to adjust to the new social distancing measures the country has been advised to follow, the major awards for the 2019-20 season have been forced to take place virtually.

The first of those awards was announced on CBS Sports HQ on Wednesday afternoon in the Men's and Women's Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Duke sophomore point guard Tre Jones was a finalist for the award for the second season in a row after losing to senior Matisse Thybulle of Washington last season.

Jones was joined by Kansas' Marcus Garrett, Kentucky's Ashton Hagans, and Baylor's Mark Vital as the nominees for the award.