The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the player who has proven himself, throughout the season, to be the most exceptional talent in the

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(SEC). The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Kentucky, with 18 total awards. The only current SEC members that have never had a winner are

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and

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, the conference's two newest members (both joining in

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). Three different organizations have given this award:

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(1965–1992),

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(1965–present), and the SEC coaches (1987–present).

Key

Winners

Winners by school

Footnotes

*If no special demarcation indicates which award the player won that season, then he had earned all of the awards available for that year. *Chris Jackson changed his name to

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in 1991 after converting to

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. *In 1976–77, two Tennessee players were chosen as the SEC Player of the Year—

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and

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were selected by the

, and Grunfeld was also chosen by

. Both players are counted in the total Player of the Year Award per school tally.

References

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