Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1957–58 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the SWC disbanded with four members establishing the Big 12 Conference, three members joining the Western Athletic Conference, and one joining Conference USA).
| Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Southwest Conference |
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1958 |
| Final award | 1996 |
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 Southwest Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
Sonny Parker won back-to-back awards in 1975 and 1976.
Future Hall of Fame inductee Hakeem Olajuwon (then known as Akeem) won in 1984.
Kurt Thomas of TCU won in 1995 after leading the nation in scoring and rebounding.
Winners by school
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M (1915) | 10 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969†, 1975, 1976† |
| SMU (1918) | 8 | 1958, 1967, 1969†, 1970, 1971†, 1976†, 1988, 1993† |
| Texas (1915) | 8 | 1968, 1972, 1974, 1980†, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994 |
| Houston (1971) | 6 | 1977, 1981, 1983 (×2)†, 1984, 1993† |
| Arkansas (1915) | 5 | 1973, 1978, 1979, 1991 (×2)† |
| TCU (1923) | 4 | 1959, 1971†, 1987, 1995 |
| Texas Tech (1956) | 4 | 1985, 1992†, 1993†, 1996 |
| Baylor (1915) | 2 | 1980†, 1992 |
| Rice (1918) | 2 | 1969†, 1982 |
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