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Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year

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Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Sporting News magazine
History
First award1943
Most recentZach Edey, Purdue

The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1942–43 season and is presented by The Sporting News (known from 2002–2022 as Sporting News), an American–based sports magazine that was established in 1886.

No award winners were selected from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1957. Repeat winners of the Sporting News Player of the Year award are rare; as of 2024, it has occurred only eight times. Of those eight repeat winners, only Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati and Bill Walton of UCLA have been named the player of the year three times.

UCLA and Duke have the most all-time awards, each with seven. North Carolina has the second-most awards with five.

Duke has the most individual recipients, with all seven of its awards going to different players. North Carolina and UCLA, with four recipients each, are second by that measure.

Key

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Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) makes a slam dunk during a game while at UCLA
Bill Walton was a three-time winner at UCLA
Michael Jordan won the award in 1983 and 1984
Kevin Durant was the first freshman winner in the award's history
The 2010 winner, Evan Turner of Ohio State
Luka Garza won the award in 2020 and 2021, becoming the first repeat winner in 37 years
Season Player School Position Class
1942–43 Andy Phillip Illinois G / F Senior
1943–44 Dale Hall Army F Junior
1944–45 George Mikan DePaul C Junior
1945–46 Bob Kurland Oklahoma A&M C Senior
1947–49 No winners selected
1949–50 Paul Arizin Villanova F Senior
1950–51 Sherman White Long Island[a] F Senior
1952–57 No winners selected
1957–58 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati PG Sophomore
1958–59 Oscar Robertson (2) Cincinnati PG Junior
1959–60 Oscar Robertson (3) Cincinnati PG Senior
1960–61 Jerry Lucas Ohio State F / C Junior
1961–62 Jerry Lucas (2) Ohio State F / C Senior
1962–63 Art Heyman Duke G / F Senior
1963–64 Bill Bradley Princeton SF / SG Junior
1964–65 Bill Bradley (2) Princeton SF / SG Senior
1965–66 Cazzie Russell Michigan SG Senior
1966–67 Lew Alcindor[b] UCLA C Sophomore
1967–68 Elvin Hayes Houston F / C Senior
1968–69 Lew Alcindor[b] (2) UCLA C Senior
1969–70 Pete Maravich LSU G Senior
1970–71 Sidney Wicks UCLA C Senior
1971–72 Bill Walton UCLA C Sophomore
1972–73 Bill Walton (2) UCLA C Junior
1973–74 Bill Walton (3) UCLA C Senior
1974–75 David Thompson NC State SG / SF Senior
1975–76 Scott May Indiana F Senior
1976–77 Marques Johnson UCLA G / F Senior
1977–78 Phil Ford North Carolina PG Senior
1978–79 Larry Bird Indiana State SF Senior
1979–80 Darrell Griffith Louisville SG Senior
1980–81 Mark Aguirre DePaul SF Junior
1981–82 Ralph Sampson Virginia C Junior
1982–83 Michael Jordan North Carolina SG Sophomore
1983–84 Michael Jordan (2) North Carolina SG Junior
1984–85 Patrick Ewing Georgetown C Senior
1985–86 Walter Berry St. John's PF Senior
1986–87 David Robinson Navy C Senior
1987–88 Hersey Hawkins Bradley SG Senior
1988–89 Stacey King Oklahoma C Senior
1989–90 Dennis Scott Georgia Tech SF Junior
1990–91 Larry Johnson UNLV PF Senior
1991–92 Christian Laettner Duke F Senior
1992–93 Calbert Cheaney Indiana SF Senior
1993–94 Glenn Robinson Purdue SF / PF Sophomore
1994–95 Shawn Respert Michigan State SG Senior
1995–96 Marcus Camby Massachusetts C Junior
1996–97 Tim Duncan Wake Forest C Senior
1997–98 Antawn Jamison North Carolina SF Junior
1998–99 Elton Brand Duke C Sophomore
1999–00 Kenyon Martin Cincinnati PF Senior
2000–01 Shane Battier Duke SF / SG Senior
2001–02 Jason Williams Duke PG Junior
2002–03 T. J. Ford Texas PG Sophomore
2003–04 Jameer Nelson Saint Joseph's PG Senior
2004–05 Dee Brown Illinois PG Junior
2005–06 JJ Redick Duke SG Senior
2006–07 Kevin Durant Texas SF Freshman
2007–08 Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina PF Junior
2008–09 Blake Griffin Oklahoma PF Sophomore
2009–10 Evan Turner Ohio State SF Junior
2010–11 Jimmer Fredette Brigham Young PG Senior
2011–12 Anthony Davis Kentucky C Freshman
2012–13 Victor Oladipo Indiana G Junior
2013–14 Doug McDermott Creighton SF Senior
2014–15 Frank Kaminsky Wisconsin PF Senior
2015–16 Buddy Hield Oklahoma SG Senior
2016–17 Frank Mason III Kansas PG Senior
2017–18 Jalen Brunson Villanova PG Junior
2018–19 Zion Williamson Duke PF Freshman
2019–20 Luka Garza [5] Iowa C Junior
2020–21 Luka Garza (2)[6] Iowa C Senior
2021–22 Oscar Tshiebwe[7] Kentucky PF/C Junior
2022–23 Zach Edey[8] Purdue C Junior
2023–24 Zach Edey (2)[9] Purdue C Senior

Winners by school

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School Winners Years
Duke 7 1963, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2019
UCLA 7 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
North Carolina 5 1978, 1983, 1984, 1998, 2008
Cincinnati 4 1958, 1959, 1960, 2000
Indiana 3 1976, 1993, 2013
Ohio State 3 1961, 1962, 2010
Oklahoma 3 1989, 2009, 2016
Purdue 3 1994, 2023, 2024
DePaul 2 1945, 1981
Illinois 2 1943, 2005
Iowa 2 2020, 2021
Kentucky 2 2012, 2022
Princeton 2 1964, 1965
Texas 2 2003, 2007
Villanova 2 1950, 2018
Army 1 1944
Bradley 1 1988
Brigham Young 1 2011
Creighton 1 2014
Georgetown 1 1985
Georgia Tech 1 1990
Houston 1 1968
Indiana State 1 1979
Kansas 1 2017
Long Island 1 1951
Louisville 1 1980
LSU 1 1970
Massachusetts 1 1996
Michigan 1 1966
Michigan State 1 1995
Navy 1 1987
N.C. State 1 1975
Oklahoma State 1 1946
Saint Joseph's 1 2004
St. John's 1 1986
UNLV 1 1991
Virginia 1 1982
Wake Forest 1 1997
Wisconsin 1 2015

Footnotes

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  1. ^ At the time of White's award, Long Island University consisted solely of what is now the institution's Brooklyn campus. In 2019, LIU merged the Brooklyn athletic program with the NCAA Division II program of its Post campus, creating a new D-I program that competes as the LIU Sharks. The Sharks inherited the men's basketball history of the Brooklyn campus.[1][2]
  2. ^ a b Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  • "Sporting News Player of the Year Winners". College Basketball. Sports–Reference.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
Specific
  1. ^ "Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Shark Tank: Long Island University Chooses the Shark as New Mascot" (Press release). Long Island University. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Associated Press (4 June 1971). "Call Me 'Kareem' says Lew Alcindor" (Google News Archive). The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ "'Big O' Completes Bucks' Championship Run". NBA Encyclopedia Playoff Edition. National Basketball Association. 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  5. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 10, 2020). "Iowa's Luka Garza is Sporting News' 2019-20 Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 9, 2021). "Iowa's Luka Garza is Sporting News' first repeat winner as Player of the Year since Michael Jordan". Sporting News. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 9, 2022). "Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe is Sporting News' College Basketball Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  8. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 8, 2023). "Purdue's Zach Edey is Sporting News' College Basketball Player of the Year". The Sporting News. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  9. ^ DeCourcy, Mike (March 13, 2024). "Sporting News College Basketball Player of the Year: Purdue's Zach Edey walking with giants as two-time winner". The Sporting News. Retrieved March 14, 2024.