Title: Player of the year award
Content: The Oscar Robertson Trophy is awarded to the college basketball player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. ; The Naismith College Player of the Year award is given to the best men's college player and the best women's college player. ; The John R. Wooden Award is given by the Los Angeles Athletic Club to the best men's college player and the best women's college player. ; The National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award to the Division I men's basketball player who exemplifies the best character. ; The National Basketball Association awards an NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. ; The Women's National Basketball Association awards a WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. In American basketball, several such awards are given: 
Title: Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year
Content:  The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1942–43 season and is presented by Sporting News (formerly The Sporting News), an American–based sports magazine that was established in 1886. No award winners were selected from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1957. Repeat winners of the Sporting News Player of the Year award are rare; as of 2021, it has occurred only seven times. Of those seven repeat winners, only Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati and Bill Walton of UCLA have been named the player of the year three times. UCLA and Duke have the most all-time with seven. North Carolina has the second most with five winners.
Title: Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
Content:  The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best men's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). The only three-time winner is Ralph Sampson of the Virginia Cavaliers program. Lew Alcindor, Jerry Lucas, David Thompson, and Bill Walton each won the award twice.
Title: 1998 in basketball
Content: Men ; John R. Wooden Award: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Bill Guthridge, North Carolina ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Earl Boykins, Eastern Michigan ; Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Antawn Jamison, North Carolina ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Richard Hamilton, Connecticut ; USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Larry Hughes, Saint Louis ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State ; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Dean Smith ; Women ; Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee ; Wade Trophy: Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Angie Arnold, Johns Hopkins ; Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee ; Basketball Academic All-America Team: Lisa Davies, Missouri State ; Carol Eckman Award: Kay James, Southern Mississippi ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee 
Title: Blake Griffin
Content:  of the Year, receiving 66 of the 71 national media panel members' votes. Griffin was announced as the Naismith College Player of the Year on April 5 in Detroit. Three days after announcing that he would turn pro, he won the John Wooden Award as college basketball's top player. He became the first Oklahoma player in school history to win the Naismith Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Adolph Rupp Trophy, John Wooden Award, and the Associated Press player of the year. He was also named Player of the Year by the Big 12, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News and FoxSports.com.
Title: Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Content:  of the UPI Player of the Year Award. In 2004, Connecticut's Emeka Okafor won the conference award while sharing NABC Player of the Year honors with Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's. Creighton's Doug McDermott received all major national awards along with the conference award in 2014. Finally, Villanova's Jalen Brunson was the national player of the year as well in 2018. Georgetown has had the most winners, as measured by both awards received and individual award winners. Seven Hoyas players have won eight awards in all. The only current Big East members without a winner are Butler and Xavier, both of which joined the conference at its relaunch following its 2013 split into two leagues, and DePaul, members since 2005.
Title: 2010 in basketball
Content: Combined ; Legends of Coaching Award: Billy Donovan, Florida ; Men ; John R. Wooden Award: Evan Turner, Ohio State ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Sherron Collins, Kansas ; Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Evan Turner, Ohio State ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Kemba Walker, Connecticut ; USBWA National Freshman of the Year: John Wall, Kentucky ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: John Thompson Jr ; Women ; John R. Wooden Award: Tina Charles, Connecticut ; Naismith College Player of the Year: Tina Charles, Connecticut ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Connie 
Title: 1999 in basketball
Content: Combined ; Legends of Coaching Award: Dean Smith, North Carolina ; Men ; John R. Wooden Award: Elton Brand, Duke ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Shawnta Rogers, George Washington ; Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Elton Brand, Duke ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State ; USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Quentin Richardson, DePaul ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Cliff Ellis, Auburn ; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: C.M. Newton ; Women ; Naismith College Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue ; Wade Trophy: Stephanie White, Purdue ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Becky Hammon, Colorado State ; Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Ukari Figgs, Purdue ; Carol Eckman Award: Susan Summons, Miami-Dade Community College ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Carolyn Peck, Purdue ; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Margaret Wade 
Title: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Content:  The Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Colonial Athletic Association's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982–83 season, when the conference was known as the ECAC South basketball league. In 1985, the conference expanded to offer more sports, and became the Colonial Athletic Association. The first award, the only tie, was given to Dan Ruland of James Madison and Carlos Yates of George Mason. Two different players have won the award three times. David Robinson of Navy won in 1984, 1985, and 1986. George Evans won in 1999, 2000, and 2001 while playing for 
Title: 1989 in basketball
Content: Men ; John R. Wooden Award: Sean Elliott, Arizona ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tim Hardaway, UTEP ; Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Sean Elliott, Arizona ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Anderson Hunt, UNLV ; USBWA National Freshman of the Year: Chris Jackson, LSU ; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana ; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Nat Holman ; Women ; Naismith College Player of the Year: Clarissa Davis, Texas ; Naismith College Coach of the Year: Pat Summitt, Tennessee ; Wade Trophy: Clarissa Davis, Texas ; Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green ; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee ; Carol Eckman Award: Linda Hill-MacDonald, Minnesota 

Question: who won college basketball player of the year?
Answer: A'ja Wilson.
Jalen Brunson.