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Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Eight Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1957
Final award	1996

The Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual 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. Four other players won the award twice, last performed by Doug Smith of Missouri (1990, 1991). Missouri also claimed the most winners with eight, followed by Oklahoma with seven.

Key

Winners

Winners by school

See also

• Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year – the successor to the Big Eight Conference and its players of the year (although the Big 12 does not recognize Big Eight Players of the Year as their own)

References

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2. "Boozer Gets Big 8 Honor". Springfield Leader & Press. Springfield, Missouri. March 14, 1958. p. 12. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Boozer Tops Big 8's All Conference Five". Muskogee Times-Democrat. Muskogee, Oklahoma. March 10, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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5. Ferguson, Lew (March 18, 1969). "Cliff Meely Big 8 Player of Year". Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. p. 12. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Robisch Top Fiddle In Big 8 Symphony". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. March 11, 1970. p. 16. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cliff Meely Big 8 player of the year". Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. March 17, 1971. p. 23. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bud Stallworth of KU Big 8 player of year". Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. March 20, 1972. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Smith, Charlie (March 8, 1973). "Alvan Adams UPI's freshman of year". Henryetta Daily Free-Lance. Henryetta, Oklahoma. p. 7. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Lon Kruger Big 8 player of the year". Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. March 8, 1974. p. 18. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Alvan Adams wins close Big 8 vote". Sedalia Democrat. Sedalia, Missouri. March 21, 1975. p. 7. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "KSU's Williams, MU's Smith Head All-Big 8 Selections". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. March 12, 1976. p. 19. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Anderson Big 8 Player Of Year". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. March 1, 1977. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
14. Tucker, Doug (March 1, 1978). "Mike Evans Tops Big Eight All Stars". Daily American Republic. Poplar Bluff, Missouri. p. 10. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "McCullough Big 8 Player of Year". Garden City Telegram. Garden City, Kansas. March 7, 1979. p. 13. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "MU, K-State draw high interest in NCAA". St. Joseph Gazette. St. Joseph, Missouri. March 6, 1980. p. 27. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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18. "OU's Little Gets Big Eight Award". Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. March 5, 1982. p. 110. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
19. ^ "Sampson three-time all-American". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. March 16, 1983. p. 15. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
20. ^ "Tisdale Tops Big Eight Again". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. March 6, 1985. p. 32. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
21. ^ "Manning Repeats As All-American; Hawkins Honored". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. March 15, 1988. p. 23. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
22. "OU's King Selected as AP's Big Eight Player of Year". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. March 9, 1989. p. 52. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
23. Thomas, Jim (March 21, 1990). "Tops: Doug Smith". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 172. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
24. ^ "Smith, Houston Become First Co-Winners For Big Eight Player Of The Year". Alliance Times-Herald. Alliance, Nebraska. March 7, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
25. "Peeler, KU best in Big Eight". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. March 9, 1992. p. 17. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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27. "Booker Big 8's MVP". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. March 9, 1994. p. 11. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
28. "Sooners coach, top player land Big Eight awards". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. March 9, 1995. p. 34. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
29. "Big Eight awards & honors". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. March 8, 1996. p. 35. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

• NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year
• Big Eight Conference men's basketball
• Awards established in 1957
• Awards disestablished in 1996