Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Great West was formed on February 25, 2004 as a football-only conference comprising seven schools.

[1] On July 10, 2008 it was announced that the Great West would change into an all-sports conference.

[2] In 2008–09, the ensuing school year, competition began in a limited number of other sports such as track and field, cross country, and golf.

[2] Due to massive conference-switching by dozens of Division I schools during the 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment, the Great West Conference officially disbanded on July 1, 2013, after all but New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) departed.

[3][4] Tyler Cain, a senior power forward from the University of South Dakota, was the first-ever player of the year in 2010.