Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given for
the most outstanding basketball player in the Metro Conference
Country
United States
History
First award
1977
Final award
1995
Most recent
Jarvis Lang, Charlotte
The Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was a basketball award given to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic (Metro) Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season and was discontinued after the 1994–95 season. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA.
There were three ties in the award's history, in 1978, 1981 and 1988. One player, Darrell Griffith of Louisville, was also named the National Player of the Year (1980) by being presented the John R. Wooden Award.
Louisville represents the most all-time winners of the Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year with eight. The second most belong to Southern Mississippi with three (all of which belong to Clarence Weatherspoon). Weatherspoon was the only three-time winner of the award, while two others earned it twice (Keith Lee and Clifford Rozier).
Contents
1Key
2Winners
3Winners by school
4See also
5Footnotes
6References
Key
†
Co-Players of the Year
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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 Metro Player of the Year award at that point
Winners
Darrell Griffith was the only Metro Conference Player of the Year (POY) to also win a National POY award – the Wooden Award in 1979–80.
George McCloud won the award in 1989 as a player for Florida State University.
Season
Player
School
Position
Class
Reference
1976–77
Gary Yoder
Cincinnati
Shooting guard
Senior
1977–78†
Harry Davis
Florida State
Small forward
Senior
1977–78†
Rick Wilson
Louisville
Shooting guard/Point guard
Senior
1978–79
Pat Cummings
Cincinnati
Center
Senior
1979–80
Darrell Griffith*
Louisville
Shooting guard
Senior
1980–81†
David Burns
Saint Louis
Point guard
Senior
1980–81†
Derek Smith
Louisville
Shooting guard
Junior
1981–82
Keith Lee
Memphis State[d]
Power forward/Center
Freshman
1982–83
Rodney McCray
Louisville
Small forward
Senior
1983–84
John Williams
Tulane
Power forward/Center
Junior
1984–85
Keith Lee (2)
Memphis State
Power forward/Center
Senior
1985–86
Dell Curry
Virginia Tech
Small forward
Senior
1986–87
Herbert Crook
Louisville
Small forward/Shooting guard
Junior
1987–88†
Bimbo Coles
Virginia Tech
Point guard
Sophomore
1987–88†
Pervis Ellison
Louisville
Center
Junior
1988–89
George McCloud
Florida State
Shooting guard/Small forward
Senior
1989–90
Clarence Weatherspoon
Southern Mississippi
Power forward
Sophomore
1990–91
Clarence Weatherspoon (2)
Southern Mississippi
Power forward
Junior
1991–92
Clarence Weatherspoon (3)
Southern Mississippi
Power forward
Senior
1992–93
Clifford Rozier
Louisville
Center
Junior
1993–94
Clifford Rozier (2)
Louisville
Center
Senior
1994–95
Jarvis Lang
Charlotte
Power forward
Senior
Winners by school
School (year joined)
Winners
Years
Louisville (1975)[a]
8
1978†, 1980, 1981†, 1983, 1987, 1988†, 1993, 1994
Southern Mississippi (1982)[b]
3
1990, 1991, 1992
Cincinnati (1975)[a]
2
1977, 1979
Florida State (1976)[c]
2
1978†, 1989
Memphis State (1975)[b]
2
1982, 1985
Virginia Tech (1979)
2
1986, 1988†
Saint Louis (1975)[a]
1
1981†
Tulane (1975)[b]
1
1984
Charlotte (1991)[a][e]
1
1995
See also
Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Footnotes
a School was charter member of Conference USA (C-USA) but has since left for another conference.
b School remains in the reunified C-USA.
c Florida State University left to join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991.
d Memphis State University is now called the University of Memphis.
e The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, now athletically branded as "Charlote", will rejoin C-USA in 2013.
References
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Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
1977: Yoder
1978: Davis & Wilson
1979: Cummings
1980: Griffith
1981: Burns & Smith
1982: Lee
1983: McCray
1984: Williams
1985: Lee
1986: Curry
1987: Crook
1988: Coles & Ellison
1989: McCloud
1990: Weatherspoon
1991: Weatherspoon
1992: Weatherspoon
1993: Rozier
1994: Rozier
1995: Lang
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Men's college basketball awards (United States)
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's college basketball awards
National players of the year
Naismith Trophy
Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy
AP Player of the Year
NABC Player of the Year
Oscar Robertson Trophy
Sporting News Player of the Year
Defunct – Helms Foundation Player of the Year
UPI Player of the Year
Basketball Times Player of the Year
Individual awards
Academic All-America of the Year
All-Americans (by year)
Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard)
Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard)
Julius Erving Award (Small Forward)
Karl Malone Award (Power Forward)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center)
Haggerty Award (NYC area)
Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender)
Senior CLASS Award
Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year)
Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman)
Pete Newell Big Man Award
NABC Defensive Player of the Year
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Defunct – Chip Hilton Award (player character)
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (senior 6'0" or shorter)
Conference players of the year
America East
American
A-10
ACC
ASUN
Big 12
Big East
Big Sky
Big South
Big Ten
Big West
CAA
C-USA
Horizon
Ivy
MAAC
MAC
MEAC
MVC
Mountain West
NEC
OVC
Pac-12
Patriot
SEC
SoCon
Southland
Summit
Sun Belt
SWAC
WCC
WAC
Defunct – American South
Big Eight
East Coast
Great Midwest
Great West
Metro
Southwest
Head coach awards
Naismith Coach of the Year
AP Coach of the Year
Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach)
Henry Iba Award
Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year)
Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year)
NABC Coach of the Year
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character)
Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character)
Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)
Basketball Times Coach of the Year
Defunct – Adolph Rupp Cup
UPI Coach of the Year
Conference coaches of the year
American
ACC
Big 12
CAA
MVC
NEC
Pac-12
Division awards
NABC Players of the Year – Division II
Division III
NAIA
Junior College NAIA Tournament MVP
Clarence Gaines Award (Division II Coach of the Year)
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