#NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Players#
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2005 - Sean May, North Carolina
2004 - Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
2003 - Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
2002 - Juan Dixon, Maryland
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 (see note)
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

Note: Howard Porter of Villanova earned the award in 1971
      but was declared ineligible after the tournament.
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