Back Premio UPI al Baloncestista Universitario del Año Spanish United Press International Player of the Year Italian Uczelniany Koszykarz Roku UPI Polish Баскетболист года среди студентов по версии UPI Russian
| Awarded for | the most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | United Press International |
| History | |
| First award | 1955 |
| Final award | 1996 |
The UPI College Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1954–55 season and was discontinued following the 1995–96 season.[1] It was given by United Press International (UPI), a news agency in the United States that rivaled the Associated Press but began to decline with the advent of television news.[2]
Five players—Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Lew Alcindor[a], Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson—won the award multiple times. Among them, only Robertson, Walton, and Sampson were three-time UPI Players of the Year.[1]
UCLA had the most all-time winners with six. Ohio State was second with four winners, while Cincinnati and Virginia were tied for third with three winners apiece.
- ^ a b "Men's UPI Player of the Year Winners". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ "UPI R.I.P." Chicago Tribune. May 4, 2003. Retrieved December 24, 2024.