David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–2003).

Four other players (James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith) have won the award twice.

Three players have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious men's college basketball awards: Marcus Camby in 1996, Jameer Nelson in 2004, and Obi Toppin in 2020.

As of 2024, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in July 2013.

Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners, with five each.