Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction 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 Wooden Award in 1979–80.George McCloud won the award in 1989 as a player for Florida State University. Season Player School Position Class Reference 1976–77   Cincinnati  SG   1977–78†   Florida State  SF    Louisville SG/PG   1978–79   Cincinnati  C    1979–80  * Louisville  SG   1980–81†  Saint Louis  PG    Louisville SG   1981–82    Memphis PF/C   1982–83   Louisville  SF   1983–84   Tulane  PF/C   1984–85   (2) Memphis PF/C   1985–86   Virginia Tech  SF   1986–87    Louisville  SF/SG   1987–88†  Virginia Tech  PG    Louisville C    1988–89  Florida State  SG/SF   1989–90   Southern Miss PF   1990–91  (2) Southern Miss PF   1991–92  (3) Southern Miss  PF   1992–93   Louisville  C   1993–94  (2) Louisville  C   1994–95  Charlotte PF
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
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