NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

• 1939 – Jimmy Hull, Ohio State
• 1940 – Marvin Huffman, Indiana
• 1941 – John Kotz, Wisconsin
• 1942 – Howie Dallmar, Stanford
• 1943 – Ken Sailors, Wyoming
• 1944 – Arnie Ferrin, Utah
• 1945 – Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
• 1946 – Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
• 1947 – George Kaftan, Holy Cross
• 1948 – Alex Groza, Kentucky
• 1949 – Alex Groza, Kentucky
• 1950 – Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
• 1951 – Bill Spivey, Kentucky
• 1952 – Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
• 1953 – B. H. Born, Kansas
• 1954 – Tom Gola, La Salle
• 1955 – Bill Russell, San Francisco
• 1956 – Hal Lear, Temple
• 1957 – Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
• 1958 – Elgin Baylor, Seattle
• 1959 – Jerry West, West Virginia
• 1960 and 1961 – Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
• 1962 – Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
• 1963 – Art Heyman, Duke
• 1964 – Walt Hazzard, UCLA
• 1965 – Bill Bradley, Princeton
• 1966 – Jerry Chambers, Utah
• 1967, 1968 and 1969 – Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), UCLA
• 1970 – Sidney Wicks, UCLA
• 1971 – (none) (Howard Porter, Villanova - later ruled ineligible)
• 1972 and 1973 – Bill Walton, UCLA
• 1974 – David Thompson, NC State
• 1975 – Richard Washington, UCLA
• 1976 – Kent Benson, Indiana
• 1977 – Butch Lee, Marquette
• 1978 – Jack Givens, Kentucky
• 1979 – Earvin Johnson, Michigan State
• 1980 – Darrell Griffith, Louisville
• 1981 – Isiah Thomas, Indiana
• 1982 – James Worthy, North Carolina
• 1983 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
• 1984 – Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
• 1985 – Ed Pinckney, Villanova
• 1986 – Pervis Ellison, Louisville
• 1987 – Keith Smart, Indiana
• 1988 – Danny Manning, Kansas
• 1989 – Glen Rice, Michigan
• 1990 – Anderson Hunt, UNLV
• 1991 – Christian Laettner, Duke
• 1992 – Bobby Hurley, Duke
• 1993 – Donald Williams, North Carolina
• 1994 – Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
• 1995 – Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
• 1996 – Tony Delk, Kentucky
• 1997 – Miles Simon, Arizona
• 1998 – Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
• 1999 – Richard Hamilton, UConn
• 2000 – Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
• 2001 – Shane Battier, Duke
• 2002 – Juan Dixon, Maryland
• 2003 – Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
• 2004 – Emeka Okafor, UConn
• 2005 – Sean May, North Carolina
• 2006 – Joakim Noah, Florida
• 2007 – Corey Brewer, Florida
• 2008 – Mario Chalmers, Kansas
• 2009 – Wayne Ellington, North Carolina

[edit] NCAA Women's Division I MOP Award

• 1982 – Janice Lawrence, Louisiana Tech
• 1983 and 1984 – Cheryl Miller, Southern California
• 1985 – Tracy Claxton, Old Dominion
• 1986 – Clarissa Davis, Texas
• 1987 – Tonya Edwards, Tennessee
• 1988 – Erica Westbrooks, Louisiana Tech
• 1989 – Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee
• 1990 – Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
• 1991 – Dawn Staley, Virginia
• 1992 – Molly Goodenbour, Stanford
• 1993 – Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
• 1994 – Charlotte Smith, North Carolina
• 1995 – Rebecca Lobo, UConn
• 1996 – Michelle Marciniak, Tennessee
• 1997 and 1998 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
• 1999 – Ukari Figgs, Purdue
• 2000 – Shea Ralph, UConn
• 2001 – Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
• 2002 – Swin Cash, UConn
• 2003 and 2004 – Diana Taurasi, UConn
• 2005 – Sophia Young, Baylor
• 2006 – Laura Harper, Maryland
• 2007 and 2008 – Candace Parker, Tennessee
• 2009 – Tina Charles, UConn