TheConference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given toConference USA's (CUSA) most outstanding player. The award was first given following CUSA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times:Danny Fortson (1996, 1997) andSteve Logan (2001, 2002). Coincidentally, both players attended theUniversity of Cincinnati. AnotherBearcat,Kenyon Martin, won the CUSA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus national player of the year (2000).
Cincinnati andMemphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to CUSA having lost many members in all three of the major conference realignment cycles of the 21st century (2005,early 2010s, and2020s), only five of the 10 current member schools have had a winner, with onlyLouisiana Tech andMiddle Tennessee having had more than one.Delaware andMissouri State will play their first CUSA seasons in 2025–26.
^abcdCharlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul and Marquette were founding members of CUSA in 1995, but all joined other conferences in 2005. Charlotte left for theAtlantic 10 Conference while the other three left for theBig East Conference. Following the 2013 split of the Big East into anon-football Big East and the football-sponsoringAmerican Athletic Conference (The American), Cincinnati joined The American, while DePaul and Marquette remained in the current Big East. Cincinnati would move to theBig 12 Conference in 2023.
^abcdHouston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF left for The American in 2013. Houston and UCF moved to the Big 12 in 2023, and SMU moved to theAtlantic Coast Conference in 2024.
^Charlotte rejoined CUSA in 2013, but moved to The American in 2023.
^abcdeFlorida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA joined The American alongside Charlotte in 2023.
^abcEast Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa joined The American in 2014.
^TheUniversity of Houston was a founding member in 1995, but did not begin competing until 1996 because of its commitments to the final year of competition of theSouthwest Conference.
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^Masilak, Jim (March 9, 2006)."Conference USA honors pair of Tigers".The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. 2. RetrievedDecember 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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