NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Players
2001 -- Shane Battier, Duke
2000 -- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan St
1999 -- Richard Hamilton, Connecticut
1998 -- Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
1997 -- Miles Simon, Arizona
1996 -- Tony Delk, Kentucky
1995 -- Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
1994 -- Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
1993 -- Donald Williams, North Carolina
1992 -- Bobby Hurley, Duke
1991 -- Christian Laettner, Duke
1990 -- Anderson Hunt, Nev Las Vegas
1989 -- Glen Rice, Michigan
1988 -- Danny Manning, Kansas
1987 -- Keith Smart, Indiana
1986 -- Pervis Ellison, Louisville
1985 -- Ed Pinckney, Villanova
1984 -- Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1983 -- Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
1982 -- James Worthy, North Carolina
1981 -- Isiah Thomas, Indiana
1980 -- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1979 -- Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michigan St
1978 -- Jack Givens, Kentucky
1977 -- Butch Lee, Marquette
1976 -- Kent Benson, Indiana
1975 -- Richard Washington, UCLA
1974 -- David Thompson, North Carolina St
1973 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
1972 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
1971 -- Vacated
1970 -- Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1968 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966 -- Jerry Chambers, Utah
1965 -- Bill Bradley, Princeton
1964 -- Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1963 -- Art Heyman, Duke
1962 -- Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
1961 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio St
1960 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio St
1959 -- Jerry West, West Virginia
1958 -- Elgin Baylor, Seattle
1957 -- Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
1956 -- Hal Lear, Temple
1955 -- Bill Russell, San Francisco
1954 -- Tom Gola, La Salle
1953 -- B.H. Horn, Kansas
1952 -- Clyde Lovelette, Kansas
1951 -- none selected
1950 -- Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
1949 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
1948 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
1947 -- George Kaftan, Holy Cross
1946 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma St
1945 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma St
1944 -- Arnold Ferrin, Utah
1943 -- Ken Sailors, Wyoming
1942 -- Howard Dallmar, Stanford
1941 -- John Kotz, Wisconsin
1940 -- Marvin Huffman, Indiana
1939 -- none selected
Howard Porter of Villanova earned the award in 1971 but was declared ineligible after the tournament.
