Most Outstanding Players of the NCAA Tournament:

2008 – Mario Chalmers, Kansas

2007 – Corey Brewer, Florida

2006 – Joakim Noah, Florida

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 State

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, UNLV

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 – Magic Johnson, Michigan State

1978 – Jack Givens, Kentucky

1977 – Butch Lee, Marquette

1976 – Kent Benson, Indiana

1975 – Richard Washington, UCLA

1974 – David Thompson, North Carolina State

1973 – Bill Walton, UCLA

1972 – Bill Walton, UCLA

1971 – x-Howard Porter, Villanova

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 State

1960 – Jerry Lucas, Ohio State

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. Born, Kansas

1952 – Clyde Lovellette, 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 A&M

1945 – Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M

1944 – Arnold Ferrin, Utah

1943 – Ken Sailors, Wyoming

1942 – Howie Dallmar, Stanford

1941 – John Kotz, Wisconsin

1940 – Marvin Huffman, Indiana

1939 – None selected

x-subsequently ruled ineligible