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Men's College Basketball Almanac |
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| Final Four - Most Outstanding Player |
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| A Most Outstanding Player has been selected
every year of the NCAA tournament. Winners who did not play for the
tournament champion are listed in bold type. The 1939 and 1951 winners are
unofficial and not recognized by the NCAA. |
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| Multiple winners: Lew Alcindor (3);
Alex Groza, Bob Kurland, Jerry Lucas and Bill Walton (2). |
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| Year |
Player |
School |
| 1939 |
Jimmy Hull |
Ohio State |
| 1940 |
Marv Huffman |
Indiana |
| 1941 |
John Kotz |
Wisconsin |
| 1942 |
Howie Dallmar |
Stanford |
| 1943 |
Kenny 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 |
Jerry Lucas |
Ohio State |
| 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 |
Lew Alcindor |
UCLA |
| 1968 |
Lew Alcindor |
UCLA |
| 1969 |
Lew Alcindor |
UCLA |
| 1970 |
Sidney Wicks |
UCLA |
| 1971 |
Howard Porter |
Villanova |
| 1972 |
Bill Walton |
UCLA |
| 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 "Magic" Johnson |
Michigan State |
| 1980 |
Darrell Griffith |
Louisville |
| 1981 |
Isiah Thomas |
Indiana |
| 1982 |
James Worthy |
North Carolina |
| 1983 |
Akeem 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 |
Connecticut |
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