The Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the

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's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season. There have been six players honored on two occasions: Craig Robinson, Kit Mueller, Jerome Allen,

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, Ibrahim Jaaber and Justin Sears. No player has ever won the award three times. There have been three ties for player of the year in the award's history: in 1981–82 ( Paul Little of Penn and Craig Robinson of

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); in 1992–93 (Jerome Allen of Penn and Buck Jenkins of Columbia); and in 2019–20 ( Paul Atkinson of

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and A. J. Brodeur of Penn). There was no 2021 award because the

canceled all winter sports for the 2020–21 season, including men's basketball, due to

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concerns.

Key

Winners

Winners by school

References

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Awards established in 1975