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Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year

Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year

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The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best men's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP).

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The only three-time winner is Ralph Sampson of the Virginia Cavaliers program. Lew Alcindor, Zach Edey, Jerry Lucas, David Thompson, and Bill Walton each won the award twice.

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Jerry Lucas won the first two awards in 1960 and 1961
David Thompson won the award in 1974 and 1975
Larry Bird won the 1979 award while leading Indiana State to an undefeated regular season
Sean Elliott won in 1989
2007 winner Kevin Durant was the first freshman named
Obi Toppin became Dayton’s first winner in 2020
† Co-Players of the Year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded at that point
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Winners by school

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Footnotes

  • a Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Associated Press (4 June 1971). "Call Me 'Kareem' says Lew Alcindor" (Google News Archive). The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    "'Big O' Completes Bucks' Championship Run". NBA Encyclopedia Playoff Edition. National Basketball Association. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
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