Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstandingbasketball player in thePac-12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1976
Final award	Anticipated to resume in 2026–27

ThePac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a currently dormant award given to thePac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1975–76 season, when the conference was known as thePacific-8, and was determined by voting from the Pac-12 media and coaches. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 continues to operate as a two-team conference for at least the 2024–25 academic year, sponsoring four sports – football, track & field, women's gymnastics and men's wrestling.^[1] On September 12, 2024, the Pac-12 announced the admission of four new universities effective July 2026:Boise State,Colorado State,Fresno State, andSan Diego State.^[2] According to the press release, "Oregon State University andWashington State University are currently operating as members of the Pac-12 Conference as part of an NCAA two-year grace period and will continue to do so for the 2025–26 academic season before the four new members officially join. The collective six universities will collaboratively chart additional membership and other future conference considerations."^[2]

Shortly after announcing the aforementioned four new members, the Pac-12 added two more new members, also effective in 2026–27—Gonzaga andUtah State.^[3][4] Several months later,Texas State was announced as a 2026 arrival.^[5] With nine confirmed members, conference play is expected to resume in 2026–27, with the award again being presented.

Two players were honored multiple times:David Greenwood ofUCLA andSean Elliott ofArizona. Four freshmen also won the award:Shareef Abdur-Rahim ofCalifornia,Kevin Love of UCLA,Deandre Ayton of Arizona andEvan Mobley ofUSC.^[6] Between the arrival of Arizona andArizona State in 1978 and theentry of Colorado and Utah in 2011, the conference was known as thePacific–10.

Marques Johnson, UCLA, 1977

David Greenwood, UCLA, 1978 and 1979

Steve Johnson, Oregon State, 1981

Sean Elliott, Arizona, 1988 and 1989

Gary Payton, Oregon State, 1990

Harold Miner, USC, 1992

Jason Kidd, California, 1994

Shareef Abdur-Rahim, California, 1996

Luke Ridnour, Oregon, 2003

Ike Diogu, Arizona State, 2005

Nick Johnson, Arizona, 2014

Deandre Ayton, Arizona, 2018

Payton Pritchard, Oregon, 2020

Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona, 2021

Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA, 2023

Caleb Love, Arizona, 2024

• ^a For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as presently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims thePacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The player of the year award was not established until 1976, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except forIdaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.

• List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams

• NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year
• Pac-12 Conference men's basketball
• Awards established in 1976

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