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American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Descriptionthe most outstanding basketball player in the American Athletic Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded2014
Currently held byNic Moore, SMU

The American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding player. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form their own conference. Shabazz Napier of Connecticut was the first-ever winner.[1]

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
or the John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Shabazz Napier was the first-ever AAC Player of the Year in 2014.
Season Player School Position Class Reference
2013–14 Shabazz Napier Connecticut Point guard Senior [1]
2014–15 Nic Moore SMU Point guard Junior [2]
2015–16 Nic Moore (2) SMU Point guard Senior [3]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
SMU (2013) 2 2015, 2016
Connecticut (2013) 1 2014
Cincinnati (2013) 0 —
East Carolina (2014) 0 —
Houston (2013) 0 —
Louisville (2013)[a 1] 0 —
Memphis (2013) 0 —
Rutgers (2013)[a 1] 0 —
South Florida (2013) 0 —
Temple (2013) 0 —
Tulane (2014) 0 —
Tulsa (2014) 0 —
UCF (2013) 0 —
  1. ^ a b Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. In July 2014, they respectively left for the ACC[4] and Big Ten.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "UConn's Shabazz Napier Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "SMU's Nic Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "SMU's Nic Moore Named AAC's Top Player; Temple's Dunphy Top Coach". Hartford Courant. March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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