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Metropolitan

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men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the

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(NIT) and the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First presented in 1936, it is arguably the oldest and most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. Two schools with previous winners are no longer classified as Division I –

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and

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are now

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and are therefore ineligible to have future winners. The award has gone to players from 15 Division I schools. St. John's University in

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has the most at 27, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two

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. Three players won the award three times:

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from

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(1968–1970),

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of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of

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(2009–2011). McMillian would go on to win the 1972 NBA Championship with the

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; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals (1984, 1992) with Team USA, was a five-time

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and was elected to the

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in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the

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and Europe.

Key

Winners

Coach Mark Jackson at Warriors open practice Oct 13, 2012

Winners by school

References

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