Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual 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

Rick Bullock of Texas Tech won in 1975.

Clyde Drexler of Houston shared the 1983 award with Darrell Walker.

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.

Season	Player	Team	Position	Class	Reference
1957–58	Rick Herrscher	SMU	G / F	Senior	[1]
1958–59	H. E. Kirchner	TCU	C	Senior	[2]
1959–60	Jay Arnette	Texas	G	Senior	[3][4][5]
1960–61	Carroll Broussard	Texas A&M	F	Junior	[6]
1961–62	Carroll Broussard (2)	Texas A&M	F	Senior	[6]
1962–63	Bennie Lenox	Texas A&M	G	Junior	[7]
1963–64	Bennie Lenox (2)	Texas A&M	G	Senior	[7]
1964–65	John Beasley	Texas A&M	C	Junior	[8]
1965–66	John Beasley (2)	Texas A&M	C	Senior	[8]
1966–67	Denny Holman	SMU	G	Senior	[9]
1967–68	Billy Arnold	Texas	G	Senior	[10]
1968–69†	Ronnie Peret	Texas A&M	C	Senior	[11]
	Greg Williams	Rice	G	Senior	[12]
1969–70	Gene Phillips	SMU	F	Junior	[13]
1970–71	Goo Kennedy	TCU	F	Junior	[14][15][16]
1971–72	Larry Robinson	Texas	F	Sophomore	[17]
1972–73	Martin Terry	Arkansas	G	Senior	[18]
1973–74	Larry Robinson (2)	Texas	F	Senior	[19]
1974–75	Rick Bullock	Texas Tech	F	Junior	[20][21]
1975–76	Ira Terrell	SMU	C	Senior	[22]
1976–77	Otis Birdsong	Houston	G	Senior	[23]
1977–78	Ron Brewer	Arkansas	G	Senior	[24]
1978–79	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas	G	Senior	[25]
1979–80	Terry Teagle	Baylor	G / F	Sophomore	[26]
1980–81	Rob Williams	Houston	G	Sophomore	[27]
1981–82	Ricky Pierce	Rice	F	Senior	[28]
1982–83†	Clyde Drexler	Houston	G / F	Junior	[29]
	Darrell Walker	Arkansas	G	Senior	[29]
1983–84	Akeem Olajuwon	Houston	C	Junior	[30]
1984–85	Bubba Jennings	Texas Tech	G	Senior	[31]
1985–86	John Brownlee	Texas	F / C	Senior	[32]
1986–87	Carven Holcombe	TCU	G	Senior	[33]
1987–88	Darryl Middleton	Baylor	C	Senior	[34][35]
1988–89	Travis Mays	Texas	G	Junior	[36]
1989–90	Travis Mays (2)	Texas	G	Senior	[37]
1990–91	Oliver Miller	Arkansas	C	Junior	[38]
1991–92	Will Flemons	Texas Tech	F	Junior	[39][40][41]
1992–93	Mike Wilson	SMU	G	Senior	[42][43][44]
1993–94	B. J. Tyler	Texas	G	Senior	[45]
1994–95	Kurt Thomas	TCU	C	Senior	[46]
1995–96	Jason Sasser	Texas Tech	F	Senior	[47]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Texas (1915)	8	1960, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994
Texas A&M (1915)	7	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969†
Arkansas (1915)	5	1973, 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991
SMU (1918)	5	1958, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1993
Houston (1971)	4	1977, 1981, 1983†, 1984
TCU (1923)	4	1959, 1971, 1987, 1995
Texas Tech (1956)	4	1975, 1985, 1992, 1996
Baylor (1915)	2	1980, 1988
Rice (1918)	2	1969†, 1982