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The Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball was an award presented annually by the Chicago Tribune to the men's and women's college basketball most valuable players of the Big Ten Conference each season, as voted upon by the league's coaches and officials. The Chicago Tribune awarded the Silver Basketball for men's basketball beginning in 1946 while the women's award was first presented in 1988.[1][2] It was considered the pre-eminent Big Ten basketball individual award, eventually being superseded by the present-day men's and women's players of the awards as voted upon by the league's coaches and media.[3] The Silver Basketball was discontinued after the 2006–07 season.

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A number of men's and women's honorees were also named the national player of the year (NPOY) by one of the major selectors in the same season of this award. On the men's side, nine unique players represented 10 NPOYs, with Ohio State's Jerry Lucas repeating as back-to-back NPOY in 1961 and 1962. On the women's side, two players were also NPOYs: Carol Ann Shudlick (1994) and Stephanie White (1999).

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    *     Awarded a national player of the year award:
Men – Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; UPI; Naismith; Wooden; Adolph Rupp Trophy; Helms Foundation
Women – Wade; Associated Press; Naismith; Wooden
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award at that point
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Winners

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Murray Wier, Iowa, 1948
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Jerry Lucas, Ohio State, 1960 through 1962
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Michelle Edwards, Iowa, 1988
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Johnny Green, Michigan State, 1959
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Mychal Thompson, Minnesota, 1978
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MaChelle Joseph, Purdue, 1992
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Katie Smith, Ohio State, 1996
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Mike Woodson, Indiana, 1980
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Steve Alford, Indiana, 1987
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Stephanie White, Purdue, 1999
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Katie Douglas, Purdue, 2001
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Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989
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Jim Jackson, Ohio State, 1991 and 1992
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Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 2002
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Calbert Cheaney, Indiana, 1993
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Glenn Robinson, Purdue, 1994
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Jared Jeffries, Indiana, 2002
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Devin Harris, Wisconsin, 2004
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a Bobby Jackson's selection was later vacated (along with that season's win total and all other accolades) due to an academic fraud scandal that ruled the entire team ineligible.[65]

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Winners by school

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Current Big Ten Conference teams not listed in the winners by school charts above is because they joined the conference after 2007 when the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball was last awarded.

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