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| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in Conference USA |
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| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1996 |
| Most recent | Isaiah Crawford, Louisiana Tech |
The Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to Conference USA's (CUSA) most outstanding player. The award was first given following CUSA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times: Danny Fortson (1996, 1997) and Steve Logan (2001, 2002). Coincidentally, both players attended the University of Cincinnati. Another Bearcat, Kenyon Martin, won the CUSA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus national player of the year (2000).
Cincinnati and Memphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to CUSA having lost many members in all three of the major conference realignment cycles of the 21st century (2005, early 2010s, and early 2020s), only four of the nine current member schools have had a winner, with only Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee having had more than one. Kennesaw State will play its first CUSA season in 2024–25.
| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Conference USA Player of the Year award at that point |
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
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| Cincinnati (1995)[a] | 5 | 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Memphis (1995)[b] | 5 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 |
| Louisiana Tech (2013) | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2024 |
| Middle Tennessee (2013) | 3 | 2014, 2017, 2018 |
| Charlotte (1995/2013)[a][c] | 2 | 1998, 2005 |
| North Texas (2013)[d] | 2 | 2020, 2023 |
| UAB (1995)[d] | 2 | 2011, 2022 |
| DePaul (1995)[a] | 1 | 1999 |
| Marquette (1995)[a] | 1 | 2003 |
| Old Dominion (2013)[e] | 1 | 2019 |
| Rice (2005)[d] | 1 | 2007 |
| UCF (2005)[b] | 1 | 2009 |
| UTEP (2005) | 1 | 2010 |
| Western Kentucky (2014) | 1 | 2021 |
| East Carolina (2001)[f] | 0 | — |
| FIU (2013) | 0 | — |
| Florida Atlantic (2013)[d] | 0 | — |
| Houston (1996)[b][g] | 0 | — |
| Jacksonville State (2023) | 0 | — |
| Liberty (2023) | 0 | — |
| Marshall (2005)[e] | 0 | — |
| New Mexico State (2023) | 0 | — |
| Sam Houston (2023) | 0 | — |
| SMU (2005)[b] | 0 | — |
| Southern Miss (1995)[e] | 0 | — |
| Tulane (1995)[f] | 0 | — |
| Tulsa (2005)[f] | 0 | — |
| UTSA (2013)[d] | 0 | — |
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