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Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year - Wikipedia

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Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
History
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Metro Conference
Country	United States
First award	1977
Final award	1995

The Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an award given to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic (Metro) Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season and was discontinued after the 1994–95 season. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA.

There were three ties in the award's history, in 1978, 1981 and 1988. One player, Darrell Griffith of Louisville, was also named the national player of the year (1980) by being presented the John R. Wooden Award.

Louisville represents the most all-time winners with eight. The second most belong to Southern Miss with three, all of which belong to Clarence Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon was the only three-time winner of the award, while two others earned it twice (Keith Lee and Clifford Rozier).

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Metro Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

George McCloud won the award in 1989 as a player for Florida State University.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1976–77	Gary Yoder	Cincinnati	SG	Senior	^[1]
1977–78^†	Harry Davis	Florida State	SF	Senior	^[2]^[3]
1977–78^†	Rick Wilson	Louisville	SG/PG	Senior	^[2]^[3]
1978–79	Pat Cummings	Cincinnati	C	Senior	^[4]
1979–80	Darrell Griffith*	Louisville	SG	Senior	^[5]
1980–81^†	David Burns	Saint Louis	PG	Senior	^[6]
1980–81^†	Derek Smith	Louisville	SG	Junior	^[6]
1981–82	Keith Lee	Memphis	PF/C	Freshman	^[5]
1982–83	Rodney McCray	Louisville	SF	Senior	^[7]
1983–84	John "Hot Rod" Williams	Tulane	PF/C	Junior	^[8]
1984–85	Keith Lee (2)	Memphis	PF/C	Senior	^[9]
1985–86	Dell Curry	Virginia Tech	SF	Senior	^[10]
1986–87	Herbert Crook	Louisville	SF/SG	Junior	^[11]
1987–88^†	Bimbo Coles	Virginia Tech	PG	Sophomore	^[12]^[13]
1987–88^†	Pervis Ellison	Louisville	C	Junior	^[12]^[13]
1988–89	George McCloud	Florida State	SG/SF	Senior	^[14]
1989–90	Clarence Weatherspoon	Southern Miss	PF	Sophomore	^[15]
1990–91	Clarence Weatherspoon (2)	Southern Miss	PF	Junior	^[15]
1991–92	Clarence Weatherspoon (3)	Southern Miss	PF	Senior	^[15]
1992–93	Clifford Rozier	Louisville	C	Junior	^[16]
1993–94	Clifford Rozier (2)	Louisville	C	Senior	^[17]
1994–95	Jarvis Lang	Charlotte	PF	Senior	^[18]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Louisville (1975)	8	1978^†, 1980, 1981^†, 1983, 1987, 1988^†, 1993, 1994
Southern Miss (1982)	3	1990, 1991, 1992
Cincinnati (1975)	2	1977, 1979
Florida State (1976)	2	1978^†, 1989
Memphis (1975)	2	1982, 1985
Virginia Tech (1979)	2	1986, 1988^†
Charlotte (1991)	1	1995
Saint Louis (1975)	1	1981^†
Tulane (1975)	1	1984

References

^ "Gary Yoder Named Top Metro Cager". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 16, 1977. p. 55. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Blankenship, Bob (March 3, 1978). "Can 'Noles ice title in cool Cincy?". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. p. 16. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Sullivan, Mike (March 11, 1978). "Dream come true... for U of L's Rick Wilson". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 26. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Watson, George (March 1, 1979). "Price Takes Solomon's Place In Front Line For Gobblers". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. 33. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Metro Conference Player of the Year Winners". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Smith, Burns best in Metro". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay, Florida. March 4, 1981. p. 15. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sports Shorts – College Basketball". St. Louis Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. March 10, 1983. p. 40. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Williams tops in Metro". The Cincinnati Post. Cincinnati, Ohio. March 7, 1984. p. 23. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Whicker, Mark (March 27, 1985). "The forgotten All-American". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. p. 66. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tech's Curry named Metro's top player". Kingsport Times-News. Kingsport, Tennessee. March 7, 1986. p. 19. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bozich, Rick (March 6, 1987). "By hook or by Crook, former coaches helped Herb become superb". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 9. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Coles, Ellison head All-Metro team". Anderson Independent-Mail. Anderson, South Carolina. March 11, 1988. p. 29. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Coles, Ellison share honor". The Herald. Rock Hill, South Carolina. March 11, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Gilstrap, Jim (March 11, 1989). "McCloud, and Finch honored by conference". Anderson Independent-Mail. Anderson, South Carolina. p. 10. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "USM star forward named league Player of the Year for third straight season". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. March 12, 1992. p. 10. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "All-Metro Conference". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. March 13, 1993. p. 10. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Blanchard, Scott (March 9, 1994). "Rozier tops All-Metro". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. p. 10. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UNCC's Jarvis Lang earns Metro honor". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. March 10, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved November 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
1977: Yoder 1978: Davis & Wilson 1979: Cummings 1980: Griffith 1981: Burns & Smith 1982: Lee 1983: McCray 1984: Williams 1985: Lee 1986: Curry 1987: Crook 1988: Coles & Ellison 1989: McCloud 1990: Weatherspoon 1991: Weatherspoon 1992: Weatherspoon 1993: Rozier 1994: Rozier 1995: Lang

U.S. men's college basketball awards

Player awards

National players of the year	Naismith Wooden AP NABC Oscar Robertson Sporting News Academic All-America of the Year Discontinued – Helms UPI Adolph Rupp
Conference players of the year	A-10 ACC America East American ASUN Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA CUSA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC On hiatus – Pac-12 Discontinued – American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Gulf Star Metro Midwestern Southwest

On hiatus – Senior CLASS Award

Head coach awards

National coaches of the year	Naismith AP NABC Sporting News Discontinued – Adolph Rupp Cup Clair Bee Award UPI Coach of the Year
Conference coaches of the year	ACC American ASUN Big East Big Ten Big 12 Big West CAA MAAC MVC NEC On hiatus – Pac-12

Division awards

NABC Players of the Year – Division I

Other awards

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