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Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Honor awarded to college basketball players

Honor awarded to college basketball players

FieldValue
namePac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
imagePac-12 wordmark.svg
imagesize250px
descriptionthe most outstanding basketball player in the Pac-12 Conference
countryUnited States
year1976
year2Anticipated to resume
in 2026–27

in 2026–27 The Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a currently dormant award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1975–76 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific-8, and was determined by voting from the Pac-12 media and coaches. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 continues to operate as a two-team conference for at least the 2024–25 academic year, sponsoring four sports – football, track & field, women's gymnastics and men's wrestling. On September 12, 2024, the Pac-12 announced the admission of four new universities effective July 2026: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. According to the press release, "Oregon State University and Washington State University are currently operating as members of the Pac-12 Conference as part of an NCAA two-year grace period and will continue to do so for the 2025–26 academic season before the four new members officially join. The collective six universities will collaboratively chart additional membership and other future conference considerations."

Shortly after announcing the aforementioned four new members, the Pac-12 added two more new members, also effective in 2026–27—Gonzaga and Utah State. Several months later, Texas State was announced as a 2026 arrival. With nine confirmed members, conference play is expected to resume in 2026–27, with the award again being presented.

Two players were honored multiple times: David Greenwood of UCLA and Sean Elliott of Arizona. Four freshmen also won the award: Shareef Abdur-Rahim of California, Kevin Love of UCLA, Deandre Ayton of Arizona and Evan Mobley of USC. Between the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State in 1978 and the entry of Colorado and Utah in 2011, the conference was known as the Pacific–10.

Key

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Pac-12 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1975–76OregonPG / SG
1976–77*UCLAPF
1977–78UCLAPF
1978–79(2)UCLAPF
1979–80Washington StateSF
1980–81Oregon StateC
1981–82Oregon StatePG
1982–83UCLASF
1983–84Oregon StatePF
1984–85USCPF
1985–86WashingtonC
1986–87Oregon StateC
1987–88ArizonaSFlast=Fraleyfirst=Gerryauthor-link=Gerry Fraleytitle=Elliott Gets Tough After Olympic Cuturl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400403010newspaper=The Atlanta Constitutionlocation=Atlanta, Georgiadate=March 23, 1989page= 55via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = December 5, 2023}}
1988–89* (2)ArizonaSF
1989–90Oregon StatePG
1990–91OregonPG
1991–92USCSG
1992–93ArizonaSF
1993–94CaliforniaPG
1994–95†*UCLASFlast =first =title=State of Oregon can't crack AP men's listingsurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/442628163newspaper=Albany Democrat-Heraldlocation=Albany, Oregondate=March 15, 1995page= 12via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = December 6, 2023}}
ArizonaPG
1995–96CaliforniaPF
1996–97CaliforniaSG
1997–98ArizonaPG
1998–99ArizonaPG
1999–00Arizona StateSG
2000–01CaliforniaPF
2001–02USCPF
2002–03OregonPG
2003–04StanfordSG / SF
2004–05Arizona StatePF / C
2005–06WashingtonSG
2006–07UCLASG
2007–08UCLAPF
2008–09Arizona StateSG
2009–10CaliforniaPG
2010–11ArizonaSF / PF
2011–12CaliforniaPG
2012–13CaliforniaSG
2013–14ArizonaPG / SG
2014–15OregonPG
2015–16UtahC
2016–17OregonSF
2017–18ArizonaPF
2018–19WashingtonSG
2019–20OregonPG
2020–21USCF
2021–22ArizonaSG / SF
2022–23UCLASG / SF
2023–24ArizonaSG
2024–25Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27
2025–26

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
Arizona (1978)111988, 1989, 1993, 1995†, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024
UCLA (1959)81977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1995†, 2007, 2008, 2023
California (1959)71994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013
Oregon (1964)61976, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2020
Oregon State (1964)51981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990
USC (1959)41985, 1992, 2002, 2021
Arizona State (1978)32000, 2005, 2009
Washington (1959)31986, 2006, 2019
Stanford (1959)12004
Utah (2011)12016
Washington State (1962)11980
Colorado (2011)0—
  • For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as presently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, four PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day, with a fifth joining before AAWU competition started. The player of the year award was not established until 1976, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.

References

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