American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the American Athletic Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	2014
Currently held by	Nic Moore, SMU

The American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding player. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form their own conference. Shabazz Napier of Connecticut was the first-ever winner.^[1]

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) or the John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Shabazz Napier was the first-ever AAC Player of the Year in 2014.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
2013–14	Napier, ShabazzShabazz Napier	Connecticut	Point guard	4 !Senior	^[1]
2014–15	Moore, NicNic Moore	SMU	Point guard	3 !Junior	^[2]
2015–16	Moore, NicNic Moore (2)	SMU	Point guard	4 !Senior	^[3]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
SMU (2013)	2	2015, 2016
Connecticut (2013)	1	2014
Cincinnati (2013)	0	—
East Carolina (2014)	0	—
Houston (2013)	0	—
Louisville (2013)^{[a 1]}	0	—
Memphis (2013)	0	—
Rutgers (2013)^{[a 1]}	0	—
South Florida (2013)	0	—
Temple (2013)	0	—
Tulane (2014)	0	—
Tulsa (2014)	0	—
UCF (2013)	0	—

1 2 Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. In July 2014, they respectively left for the ACC^[4] and Big Ten.^[5]

References

1 2 "UConn's Shabazz Napier Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
↑ "SMU's Nic Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year". TheAmerican.org. American Athletic Conference. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
↑ "SMU's Nic Moore Named AAC's Top Player; Temple's Dunphy Top Coach". Hartford Courant. March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
↑ "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
↑ "Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

2014: Napier 2015: Moore 2016: Moore

American Athletic Conference men's basketball

Teams	Cincinnati Bearcats Connecticut Huskies East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers SMU Mustangs South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF Knights

Championships & awards	Conference Tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Coach of the Year

Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Men's college basketball awards (United States)

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Women's college basketball awards

National players of the year	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award Adolph Rupp Trophy AP Player of the Year Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) NABC Player of the Year Oscar Robertson Trophy Sporting News Player of the Year UPI Player of the Year (defunct)

Individual awards	Academic All-America of the Year All-Americans (by year) Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard) Julius Erving Award (Small Forward) Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center) Chip Hilton Award (Player Character; defunct) Haggerty Award (NYC area) Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) Senior CLASS Award Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) Pete Newell Big Man Award NABC Defensive Player of the Year Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (senior 6'0" or shorter; defunct) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Conference players of the year	America East American A-10 ACC ASUN Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C-USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC Defunct – American South Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest

Head coach awards	Naismith Coach of the Year Adolph Rupp Cup AP Coach of the Year Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) Henry Iba Award Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) NABC Coach of the Year Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

Conference coaches of the year	American ACC Big 12 CAA MVC NEC Pac-12

Division awards	NABC Players of the Year – Division II Division III NAIA Junior College NAIA Tournament MVP Clarence Gaines Award (Division II Coach of the Year)

Other awards	USBWA Most Courageous Award

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