2019-20 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Obi Toppins, Dayton

Dayton forward Obi Toppin has been named the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the National Player of the Year in voting by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Toppin, a 6-9 sophomore from Brooklyn, N.Y., is Dayton's first Oscar Robertson Trophy winner, and only the third overall from the Atlantic 10 Conference (Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph's in 2003-04 and David West of Xavier in 2002-03). He is a USBWA All-America first team selection as Dayton's first All-American since Jim Paxson in the 1978-79 season. Toppin won the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year honor after averaging 20.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. He shot 64.4 percent in league play and his 63.3-percent shooting for the season was the fifth-best mark nationally.

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2019-20 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Nov. 17: Myles Powell, Seton Hall (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Nov. 24: Vernon Carey Jr., Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 1: Jon Teske, Michigan (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 8: Luka Garza, Iowa (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 15: Payton Pritchard, Oregon (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 22: Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA (Conference USA)

• Week ending Dec. 29: Nick Richards, Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 5: Cassius Winston, Michigan State (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 12: Jared Butler, Baylor (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 19: Markus Howard, Marquette (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 26: Chris Duarte, Oregon (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 2: Tommy Funk, Army West Point (Patriot League)

• Week ending Feb. 9: Jalen Harris, Nevada (Mountain West Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 16: Remy Martin, Arizona State (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 23: Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton (Big East Conference)

• Week ending March 1: Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU (Conference USA)

2018-19 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Zion Williamson, Duke

Duke freshman forward Zion Williamson has been named the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the National Player of the Year in voting by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Williamson, a 6-7 forward from Spartanburg, S.C., was the nation's only player to average at least 20 points and shoot at least 65 percent from the field. He was selected to the first team of the USBWA's All-America Team, and also won the USBWA's Wayman Tisdale Award as the National Freshman Player of the Year. He was selected over three other finalists – teammate RJ Barrett of Duke, Ja Morant of Murray State and Grant Williams of Tennessee.

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2018-19 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Dec. 2: Markus Howard, Marquette (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 9: Admiral Schofield, Tennessee (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 16: Juwan Morgan, Indiana (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 23: Markus Howard, Marquette (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 30: Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association)

• Week ending Jan. 6: Shamorie Ponds, St. John's (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 13: Bruno Fernando, Maryland (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 20: Ja Morant, Murray State (Ohio Valley Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 27: Grant Williams, Tennessee (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 3: Chris Clemons, Campbell (Big South Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 10: Robert Franks, Washington State (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 17: PJ Washington, Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 24: Mike Daum, South Dakota State (Summit League)

• Week ending March 3: Fletcher Magee, Wofford (Southern Conference)

2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Jalen Brunson, Villanova

Villanova junior guard Jalen Brunson has been named the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the National Player of the Year in voting by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The trophy's namesake, "The Big O," was on hand at the Alamodome, site of this weekend's Final Four, to announce Brunson as the winner. The formal presentation of the award will take place at the College Basketball Awards dinner April 9 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

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2017-18 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Dec. 3: Devonté Graham, Kansas (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 10: Shannon Evans II, Arizona State (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 17: Trae Young, Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 24: Trae Young, Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 31: Kelan Martin, Butler (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 7: Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 14: Chandler Hutchison, Boise State (Mountain West Conference) and Luwane Pipkins, Massachusetts (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 21: Jock Landale, St. Mary's (West Coast Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 28: Kevin Knox, Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 4: Noah Dickerson, Washington (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 11: Shamorie Ponds, St. John's (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 18: Matt Mobley, St. Bonaventure (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 25: Carsen Edwards, Purdue (Big Ten Conference)

2016-17 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Frank Mason III, Kansas

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III as the winner of the 2016-17 Oscar Robertson Trophy, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. A consensus first-team All-America selection and the USBWA's District VI Player of the Year, Mason is the first Kansas player in school history to receive national player of the year honors from the USBWA since the award was first presented to Robertson in the 1958-59 season. Mason won the player of the year balloting in eight of the USBWA's nine districts.

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2016-17 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Dec. 11: Josh Hart, Villanova (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 18: Malik Monk, Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 25: Quentin Snider, Louisville (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 1: Dillon Brooks, Oregon (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 8: Ryan Taylor, Marshall (Conference USA)

• Week ending Jan. 15: Quincy McKnight, Sacred Heart (Northeast Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 22: Lauri Markkanen, Arizona (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 29: Tim Cline, Richmond (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 5: Jacob Wiley, Eastern Washington (Big Sky Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 12: Bonzie Coles, Notre Dame (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 19: Mike Daum, South Dakota State (The Summitt League)

• Week ending Feb. 26: Elijah Bryant, BYU (West Coast Conference)

2015-16 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Oklahoma senior guard Buddy Hield as the winner of the 2015-16 Oscar Robertson Trophy, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. Affectionately known as "Buddy Buckets," the USBWA All-American and District VI Player of the Year, Hield was chosen as the national player of the year based on regular-season performance.

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2015-16 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Dec. 13: Javan Felix, Texas (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 20: Kay Felder, Oakland (Horizon League)

• Week ending Dec. 27: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 3: Kris Dunn, Providence (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 10: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (Big 12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 17: Jack Gibbs, Davidson (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 24: Jakob Poeltl, Utah (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 31: Dillon Brooks, Oregon (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 7: Ryan Anderson, Arizona (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 14: Austin McBroom, Eastern Washington (Big Sky Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 21: Johnathan Motley, Baylor (Big 12 Conference)

2014-15 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Wisconsin senior forward Frank Kaminsky as the winner of the 2014-15 Oscar Robertson Trophy, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. The 7-0, 242-pounder from Lisle, Ill., becomes the first USBWA national player of the year from Wisconsin and the third from a Big Ten Conference school since the 2009-10 season. Michigan's Trey Burke won the honor two seasons ago and Ohio State's Evan Turner was the player of the year in the 2009-10 season. Four other Big Ten players have been named the USBWA National Player of the Year (Purdue's Glenn Robinson in 1993-94, Indiana's Calbert Cheaney in 1992-93, Michigan's Cazzie Russell in 1965-66 and Ohio State's Jerry Lucas in both the 1969-61 and 1961-62 seasons).

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2014-15 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week ending Dec. 7: Justin Anderson, Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 14: Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (West Coast Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 21: Troy Williams, Indiana (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Dec. 28: Christian Wood, UNLV (Mountain West Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 4: Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington (Big Sky Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 11: Travis Trice, Michigan State (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 18: Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb (Big South Conference)

• Week ending Jan. 25: D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 1: Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 8: Marcus Posley, St. Bonaventure (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 15: Darrun Hilliard, Villanova (Big East Conference)

• Week ending Feb. 22: Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga (West Coast Conference)

2013-14 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Doug McDermott, Creighton

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott as the winner of the 2013-14 Oscar Robertson Trophy, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. The 6-8, 225-pounder from Ames Iowa, becomes the first USBWA national player of the year from Creighton and just the third from a Big East Conference school. Chris Mullin and Walter Berry, both from St. John's, won back-to-back player of the year awards in 1985-86. The 2013-14 season marked Creighton's first season in the Big East.

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2013-14 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week of Dec. 8: Dustin Hogue, Iowa State (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Dec. 15: Marcus Paige, North Carolina (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week of Dec. 22: Aaric Murray, Texas Southern (Southwestern Athletic Conference)

• Week of Dec. 29: DeAndre Kane, Iowa State (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Jan. 5: Willis Hall, College of Charleston (Colonial Athletic Association)

• Week of Jan. 12: Doug McDermott, Creighton (Big East Conference)

• Week of Jan. 19: Naadir Tharpe, Kansas (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Jan. 26: Nik Stauskas, Michigan (Big Ten Conference)

• Week of Feb. 2: Drew Crawford, Northwestern (Big Ten Conference)

• Week of Feb. 9: Melvin Ejim, Iowa State (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Feb. 16: Doug McDermott, Creighton (Big East Conference)

• Week of Feb. 23: Julius Randle, Kentucky (Southeastern Conference)

2012-13 Oscar Robertson Trophy Winner: Trey Burke, Michigan

The USBWA has selected Michigan sophomore guard Trey Burke as the winner of the 2012-13 Oscar Robertson Trophy presented by Aflac, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. The 6-0, 190-pounder from Columbus, Ohio, becomes the second USBWA national player of the year from Michigan and the seventh from a Big Ten Conference school. Cazzie Russell was the 1966 USBWA National Player of the Year. Burke is just the ninth sophomore to win the award, but the first second-year guard to be so honored. A first-team USBWA All-American and the USBWA District V Player of the Year, Burke was chosen as the national player of the year from a field of 14 finalists, based on regular-season performance.

2012-13 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week of Dec. 9: Brandon Paul, Illinois (Big Ten Conference)

• Week of Dec. 16: Doug McDermott, Creighton (Missouri Valley Conference)

• Week of Dec. 23: Victor Rudd, South Florida (Big East Conference)

• Week of Dec. 30: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week of Jan. 6: Trey Burke, Michigan (Big Ten Conference)

• Week of Jan. 13: Elston Turner, Texas A&M (Southeastern Conference)

• Week of Jan. 20: Roosevelt Jones, Butler (Atlantic 10 Conference)

• Week of Jan. 27: Darrun Hilliard, Villanova (Big East Conference)

• Week of Feb. 3: Shane Larkin, Miami (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week of Feb. 10: Mason Plumlee, Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week of Feb. 17: Michael Lyons, Air Force (Mountain West Conference)

2011-12 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week of Dec. 11: Thomas Robinson, Kansas (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Dec. 18: Mike Glover, Iona (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)

• Week of Dec. 25: Doug McDermott, Creighton (Missouri Valley Conference)

• Week of Jan. 1: Kyle Weems, Missouri State (Missouri Valley Conference)

• Week of Jan. 8: Damian Lillard, Weber State (Big Sky Conference)

• Week of Jan. 15: Brandon Paul, Illinois (Big Ten Conference)

• Week of Jan. 22: Faisal Aden, Washington State (Pac-12 Conference)

• Week of Jan. 29: Mason Plumlee, Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)

• Week of Feb. 5: Tray Woodall, Pittsburgh (Big East Conference)

• Week of Feb. 12: Jeff Withey, Kansas (Big 12 Conference)

• Week of Feb. 19: Draymond Green, Michigan State (Big Ten Conference)

2010-11 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week of Dec. 5: Mike Glover, Iona

• Week of Dec. 12: Jimmer Fredette, BYU

• Week of Dec. 19: Khris Middleton, Texas A&M

• Week of Dec. 26: Doron Lamb, Kentucky

• Week of Jan. 2: Demetri McCamey, Illinois

• Week of Jan. 9: Vlad Moldoveanu, American

• Week of Jan. 16: Mike Muscala, Bucknell

• Week of Jan. 23: Jordan Hamilton, Texas

• Week of Jan. 30: Kenneth Faried, Morehead State

• Week of Feb. 6: Chandler Parsons, Florida

• Week of Feb. 13: Nolan Smith, Duke

• Week of Feb. 20: Jacob Pullen, Kansas State

2009-10 Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week

• Week of Dec. 13: Gordon Hayward, Butler

• Week of Dec. 20: Jon Scheyer, Duke

• Week of Dec. 27: Devin Ebanks, West Virginia

• Week of Jan. 3: Jimmer Fredette, BYU

• Week of Jan. 10: Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

• Week of Jan. 17: Damion James, Texas

• Week of Jan. 24: Adrian Oliver, San Jose State

• Week of Jan. 31: Devan Downey, South Carolina

• Week of Feb. 7: Denis Clemente, Kansas State

• Week of Feb. 14: Jerome Randle, California

About Oscar Robertson: Born Nov. 24, 1938, in Charlotte, Tenn., and raised in Indianapolis, Oscar Robertson learned to play basketball on the dirt courts of the inner city and refined his game through endless hours of individual practice.

He first attracted national attention at Crispus Attucks High School, where he led his team to a 45-game winning streak, two consecutive Indiana state championships and a national championship, and was named "Mr. Basketball" for the state of Indiana. Attucks was the first African-American school and the first Indianapolis school to win the Indiana state crown.

At the University of Cincinnati, where he became known as "The Big O," he led the Bearcats to the Final Four in 1959 and '60. He was a three-time first team All-American, and the first player to lead the NCAA in scoring three straight years or to win National College Player of the Year honors three times.

Following graduation in 1960 with a B.S. degree in Business, he co-captained the undefeated 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medalist team, often considered the greatest basketball team ever assembled.

During his 14-year NBA career – ten with the Cincinnati Royals and four with the Milwaukee Bucks – Robertson led his teams to 10 playoff appearances, including an NBA championship with the Bucks in 1971. He was the NBA's Rookie of the Year in 1961 and Most Valuable Player in 1964. He was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was voted Most Valuable Player in three All-Star games. In 1961-62, he became the only player in NBA history ever to average a "triple double" for an entire season. He led the league in free-throw percentage twice and assists six times.

His career record of 9,887 assists stood for 17 years and his 26,710 points and 25.7 points per game average rank him seventh on the list of all-time NBA scorers.

In 1998, the U.S. Basketball Writers renamed its annual player of the year award the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

For more information on Oscar Robertson and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, visit Oscar's official website, www.thebigo.com.

Other links of interest:

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