NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Past winners of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award are:
 * 1940 -- Marvin Huffman, Indiana
 * 1941 -- John Kotz, Wisconsin
 * 1942 -- Howie Dallmar, Stanford
 * 1943 -- Ken Sailors, Wyoming
 * 1944 -- Arnie Ferrin, Utah
 * 1945 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
 * 1946 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
 * 1947 -- George Kaftan, Holy Cross
 * 1948 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
 * 1949 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
 * 1950 -- Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
 * 1951 -- (none selected)
 * 1952 -- Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
 * 1953 -- B. H. Born, Kansas
 * 1954 -- Tom Gola, La Salle
 * 1955 -- Bill Russell, San Francisco
 * 1956 -- Hal Lear, Temple
 * 1957 -- Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
 * 1958 -- Elgin Baylor, Seattle
 * 1959 -- Jerry West, West Virginia
 * 1960 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
 * 1961 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
 * 1962 -- Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
 * 1963 -- Art Heyman, Duke
 * 1964 -- Walt Hazzard, UCLA
 * 1965 -- Bill Bradley, Princeton
 * 1966 -- Jerry Chambers, Utah
 * 1967 -- Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), UCLA
 * 1968 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
 * 1969 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
 * 1970 -- Sidney Wicks, UCLA
 * 1971 -- (none) (Howard Porter, Villanova - later ruled ineligible)
 * 1972 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
 * 1973 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
 * 1974 -- David Thompson, NC State
 * 1975 -- Richard Washington, UCLA
 * 1976 -- Kent Benson, Indiana
 * 1977 -- Butch Lee, Marquette
 * 1978 -- Jack Givens, Kentucky
 * 1979 -- Earvin Johnson, Michigan State
 * 1980 -- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
 * 1981 -- Isiah Thomas, Indiana
 * 1982 -- James Worthy, North Carolina
 * 1983 -- Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
 * 1984 -- Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
 * 1985 -- Ed Pinckney, Villanova
 * 1986 -- Pervis Ellison, Louisville
 * 1987 -- Keith Smart, Indiana
 * 1988 -- Danny Manning, Kansas
 * 1989 -- Glen Rice, Michigan
 * 1990 -- Anderson Hunt, UNLV
 * 1991 -- Christian Laettner, Duke
 * 1992 -- Bobby Hurley, Duke
 * 1993 -- Donald Williams, North Carolina
 * 1994 -- Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
 * 1995 -- Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
 * 1996 -- Tony Delk, Kentucky
 * 1997 -- Miles Simon, Arizona
 * 1998 -- Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
 * 1999 -- Richard Hamilton, UConn
 * 2000 -- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
 * 2001 -- Shane Battier, Duke
 * 2002 -- Juan Dixon, Maryland
 * 2003 -- Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
 * 2004 -- Emeka Okafor, UConn
 * 2005 -- Sean May, North Carolina
 * 2006 -- Joakim Noah, Florida