The Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an award given to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic (Metro) Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season and was discontinued after the 1994–95 season. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA. This Metro Conference is not to be confused with the conference that will operate as the Metro Conference starting July 1, 2026, previously known as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

There were three ties in the award's history, in 1978, 1981 and 1988. One player, Darrell Griffith of Louisville, was also named the national player of the year (1980) by being presented the John R. Wooden Award.

Louisville represents the most all-time winners with eight. The second most belong to Southern Miss with three, all of which belong to Clarence Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon was the only three-time winner of the award, while two others earned it twice (Keith Lee and Clifford Rozier).

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present) 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 Metro Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference 1976–77 Cincinnati SG 1977–78† Florida State SF Louisville SG/PG 1978–79 Cincinnati C 1979–80 * Louisville SG 1980–81† Saint Louis PG Louisville SG 1981–82 Memphis PF/C 1982–83 Louisville SF 1983–84 Tulane PF/C 1984–85 (2) Memphis PF/C 1985–86 Virginia Tech SF 1986–87 Louisville SF/SG 1987–88† Virginia Tech PG Louisville C 1988–89 Florida State SG/SF 1989–90 Southern Miss PF 1990–91 (2) Southern Miss PF 1991–92 (3) Southern Miss PF 1992–93 Louisville C 1993–94 (2) Louisville C 1994–95 Charlotte PF

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years Louisville (1975) 8 1978†, 1980, 1981†, 1983, 1987, 1988†, 1993, 1994 Southern Miss (1982) 3 1990, 1991, 1992 Cincinnati (1975) 2 1977, 1979 Florida State (1976) 2 1978†, 1989 Memphis (1975) 2 1982, 1985 Virginia Tech (1979) 2 1986, 1988† Charlotte (1991) 1 1995 Saint Louis (1975) 1 1981† Tulane (1975) 1 1984

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