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| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Big South Conference. |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1986 |
| Most recent | Drew Pember, UNC Asheville |
The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Big South Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season, the first year the league conducted basketball competition.[a]
The most unique recipient of the Big South Player of the Year Award is Tony Dunkin. Dunkin, a 6'7" (2.01 m) small forward, played for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from 1989 to 1993 and won the award all four seasons.[1][2] He is the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player to ever earn four conference player of the year awards.[1][2][b]
Coastal Carolina, which left the Big South for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2015–16 season,[7] has the most all-time awards with nine and individual winners with five. Among current members, Winthrop has the most awards with six. The only established Big South members without any winners are three of the six newest members of the conference—Presbyterian (joining in 2007), Gardner–Webb (2008), and Longwood (2012). Although Campbell's current tenure in the Big South dates only to 2011, it has three winners from its first conference tenure (1983–1994).
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- ^ a b "25th Anniversary Profile: Tony Dunkin". Big South Men's Basketball. Big South Conference. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ a b Staff (15 March 1993). "College basketball: Team-by-team Look At Ncaa Men's Tournament → West Regional". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "History & Records: Postseason Awards" (PDF). 2020–21 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Guide. Southland Conference. p. 82. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Horizon League Unveils 2021-22 #HLWBB All-League Honors" (Press release). Horizon League. February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "2020–21 Mountain West Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Mountain West Conference. pp. 80–84. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Big Ten Honors: Player of the Year" (PDF). 2020–21 Big Ten Women's Basketball Record Book. Big Ten Conference. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.