The Pac-12 Most Improved Player of The Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the most improved player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner was selected by conference coaches, who were not allowed to vote for players on their own team. The award began in 2009 when the conference consisted of 10 teams and was known as the Pacific-10. The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.
Justin Dentmon of Washington was the conference's first Most Improved Player of the Year in 2009. The most recent winner of the award is Maxime Raynaud of the Stanford Cardinal.
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolClassRef2008–09 Justin Dentmon Washington Senior 2009–10 Nikola Vucevic USC Sophomore 2010–11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning Washington Senior 2011–12 Brock Motum Washington State Junior 2012–13 Dwight Powell Stanford Junior 2013–14 Anthony Brown Stanford R–Junior 2014–15 Josh Hawkinson Washington State Sophomore 2015–16 George King Colorado Sophomore 2016–17 Chimezie Metu USC Sophomore 2017–18 Robert Franks Washington State Junior 2018–19 Tyler Bey Colorado Sophomore 2019–20 Chris Smith UCLA Junior 2020–21 Jaiden Delaire Stanford Junior 2021–22 Christian Koloko Arizona Junior 2022–23 Oumar Ballo Arizona RS Junior 2023–24 Maxime Raynaud Stanford Junior
Winners by school School Winners YearsStanford 4 2013, 2014, 2021, 2024Washington State 3 2012, 2015, 2018Arizona 2 2022, 2023Colorado 2 2016, 2020USC 2 2010, 2017Washington 2 2009, 2011UCLA 1 2020Arizona State 0 —California 0 —Oregon 0 —Oregon State 0 —Utah 0 —
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