NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MVP's ----------------------- 1939 -- None selected 1940 -- Marvin Huffman, Indiana 1941 -- John Kotz, Wisconsin 1942 -- Howie Dallmar, Stanford 1943 -- Ken Sailors, Wyoming 1944 -- Arnold 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, UCLA 1968 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1969 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1970 -- Sidney Wicks, UCLA 1971 -- Howard Porter, Villanova (later ruled ineligible) 1972 -- Bill Walton, UCLA 1973 -- Bill Walton, UCLA 1974 -- David Thompson, North Carolina 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, Connecticut 2000 -- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State 2001 -- Shane Battier, Duke 2002 -- Juan Dixon, Maryland