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The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year

US college basketball award

US college basketball award

FieldValue
nameThe Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year
descriptionthe most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player
presenterThe Sporting News magazine
countryUnited States
year1943
holderJohni Broome, Auburn

The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college 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 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 2025, 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.

Key

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

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1942–43IllinoisG / F
1943–44ArmyF
1944–45C
1945–46Oklahoma StateC
1947–49
1949–50F
1950–51F
1952–57
1957–58CincinnatiPG
1958–59(2)CincinnatiPG
1959–60(3)CincinnatiPG
1960–61Ohio StateF / C
1961–62(2)Ohio StateF / C
1962–63DukeG / F
1963–64PrincetonSF / SG
1964–65(2)PrincetonSF / SG
1965–66MichiganSG
1966–67UCLAC
1967–68HoustonF / C
1968–69(2)UCLAC
1969–70LSUPG
1970–71UCLAPF
1971–72UCLAClast =first =title=Sporting News Honors Waltonurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23257838newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Indexlocation=Moberly, Missouridate=March 5, 1974page= 8via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 5, 2025}}
1972–73(2)UCLAC
1973–74(3)UCLAC
1974–75SG / SF
1975–76IndianaSF
1976–77UCLAG / F
1977–78North CarolinaPG
1978–79Indiana StateSF
1979–80LouisvilleSG
1980–81DePaulSF
1981–82VirginiaC
1982–83North CarolinaSG
1983–84(2)North CarolinaSG
1984–85GeorgetownC
1985–86St. John'sPF
1986–87NavyC
1987–88BradleySG
1988–89OklahomaC
1989–90Georgia TechSF
1990–91UNLVPF
1991–92DukePF / C
1992–93IndianaSF
1993–94PurdueSF
1994–95Michigan StateSG
1995–96UMassC
1996–97Wake ForestC
1997–98North CarolinaSF
1998–99DukeC
1999–00CincinnatiPF
2000–01DukeSF / SG
2001–02DukePG
2002–03TexasPG
2003–04Saint Joseph'sPG
2004–05IllinoisPG
2005–06DukeSG
2006–07TexasSF
2007–08North CarolinaPF
2008–09OklahomaPF
2009–10Ohio StateSF
2010–11BYUPG
2011–12KentuckyC
2012–13IndianaG
2013–14CreightonSF
2014–15WisconsinPF
2015–16OklahomaSG
2016–17KansasPG
2017–18VillanovaPG
2018–19DukePF
2019–20IowaC
2020–21(2)IowaC
2021–22KentuckyPF / C
2022–23PurdueC
2023–24(2)PurdueC
2024–25AuburnPF / C
  • 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.
  • Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.

References

References

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