Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given for the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Eight Conference
Country United States
History
First award 1957
Final award 1996
Most recent Jacque Vaughn, Kansas

The Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Big Eight Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1956–57 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the Big Eight disbanded and was re-formed into the present day Big 12 Conference). From 1960 through 1967 no award was given out. Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma and Danny Manning of Kansas are the only players to have received the award three times. Manning was also the consensus National Player of the Year in 1988. Six other players won the award twice, last performed by Bryant Reeves of Oklahoma State (1993/95).

Missouri claimed the most winners with eight, followed by Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma with seven apiece.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 8 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Wayman Tisdale is one of two players to win the award three times.
Jacque Vaughn was the last player to ever win a Big Eight POY award.
Season Player School Position Class
1956–57 Gary Thompson Iowa State Guard Senior
1957–58 Bob Boozer Kansas State Forward Junior
1958–59 Bob Boozer (2) Kansas State Forward Senior
1960–67 No Player of the Year selected
1967–68 Donald Smith Iowa State Center / Power forward Senior
1968–69 Cliff Meely Colorado Center Sophomore
1969–70 Dave Robisch Kansas Center Junior
1970–71† Cliff Meely (2) Colorado Center Senior
Dave Robisch (2) Kansas Center Senior
1971–72 Bud Stallworth Kansas Shooting guard Senior
1972–73 Lon Kruger Kansas State Guard Junior
1973–74 Lon Kruger (2) Kansas State Guard Senior
1974–75 Alvan Adams Oklahoma Center Junior
1975–76 Willie Smith Missouri Point guard / Shooting guard Senior
1976–77† Kim Anderson Missouri Small forward Senior
Mike Evans Kansas State Shooting guard / Point guard Junior
1977–78 Mike Evans (2) Kansas State Shooting guard / Point guard Senior
1978–79 John McCullough Oklahoma Shooting guard / Small forward Senior
1979–80 Rolando Blackman Kansas State Shooting guard Junior
1980–81 Andre Smith Nebraska Center Senior
1981–82 Ricky Frazier Missouri Small forward Senior
1982–83† Steve Stipanovich Missouri Center Senior
Wayman Tisdale Oklahoma Power forward Freshman
1983–84 Wayman Tisdale (2) Oklahoma Power forward Sophomore
1984–85 Wayman Tisdale (3) Oklahoma Power forward Junior
1985–86 Danny Manning Kansas Power forward Sophomore
1986–87 Danny Manning (2) Kansas Power forward Junior
1987–88 Danny Manning* (3) Kansas Power forward Senior
1988–89 Stacey King Oklahoma Center / Forward Senior
1989–90 Doug Smith Missouri Forward Junior
1990–91† Byron Houston Oklahoma State Small forward Junior
Doug Smith (2) Missouri Forward Senior
1991–92 Anthony Peeler Missouri Shooting guard Senior
1992–93 Bryant Reeves Oklahoma State Center Sophomore
1993–94 Melvin Booker Missouri Point guard Senior
1994–95† Ryan Minor Oklahoma Forward Junior
Bryant Reeves (2) Oklahoma State Center Senior
1995–96 Jacque Vaughn Kansas Point guard Junior

Winners by school

For clarification of each school's membership history, see the Big Eight membership timeline.
School (year joined) Winners Years
Missouri (1907) 8 1976, 1977†, 1982, 1983†, 1990, 1991†, 1992, 1994
Kansas (1907) 7 1970, 1971†, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996
Kansas State (1913) 7 1958, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1977†, 1978, 1980
Oklahoma (1919) 7 1975, 1979, 1983†, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1995†
Oklahoma State (1958) 3 1991†, 1993, 1995†
Colorado (1947) 2 1969, 1971†
Iowa State (1910) 2 1957, 1968
Nebraska (1921) 1 1981

See also

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