The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1957–58 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the SWC disbanded with four members establishing the Big 12 Conference, three members joining the Western Athletic Conference, and one joining Conference USA).

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 Southwest Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player Team Position ClassReference 1957–58 SMU G / F 1958–59 TCU C 1959–60 Texas G 1960–61 Texas A&M F 1961–62 (2) Texas A&M F 1962–63 Texas A&M G 1963–64 (2) Texas A&M G 1964–65 Texas A&M C 1965–66 (2) Texas A&M C 1966–67 SMU G 1967–68 Texas G 1968–69† Texas A&M C Rice G 1969–70 SMU F 1970–71 TCU F 1971–72 Texas F 1972–73 Arkansas G 1973–74 (2) Texas F 1974–75 Texas Tech F 1975–76 SMU C 1976–77 Houston G 1977–78 Arkansas G 1978–79 Arkansas G 1979–80 Baylor G / F 1980–81 Houston G 1981–82 Rice F 1982–83† Houston G / F Arkansas G 1983–84 Houston C 1984–85 Texas Tech G 1985–86 Texas F / C 1986–87 TCU G 1987–88 Baylor C 1988–89 Texas G 1989–90 (2) Texas G 1990–91 Arkansas C 1991–92 Texas Tech F 1992–93 SMU G 1993–94 Texas G 1994–95 TCU C 1995–96 Texas Tech F

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Texas (1915) 8 1960, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994 Texas A&M (1915) 7 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969† Arkansas (1915) 5 1973, 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991 SMU (1918) 5 1958, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1993 Houston (1971) 4 1977, 1981, 1983†, 1984 TCU (1923) 4 1959, 1971, 1987, 1995 Texas Tech (1956) 4 1975, 1985, 1992, 1996 Baylor (1915) 2 1980, 1988 Rice (1918) 2 1969†, 1982

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