The Mountain West Conference 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 1999–2000 season, the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2023, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national players of the year:

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(2005) and

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of BYU (2011). Among current conference members,

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has the most winners with five, with

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in second place with five and Colorado State in third place with two. Other current conference members with a winner include

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, and

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with one each. The remaining three current all-sports members are yet to have a winner—charter members

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and

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. Former conference members BYU and

had five and four players who won the award, respectively — both schools left for other conferences in

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Winners

Winners by school

References

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Awards established in 2000