The team was led by Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year John McCullough (basketball).
The team was led by All American and Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Wayman Tisdale.
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Sophomore Frank Williams became the first Illini player to earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors since 1967 and was named to several postseason All-America squads.
The team featured All-American and repeat Missouri Valley Player of the Year Kyle Korver.
Brian Cook earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors and the Illini won the Big Ten Tournament championship for the first time.
Anderson had been named the Big 12 Player of the Year and a Second Team All-American by the Associated Press, averaging 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 33 games.
Princeton's Ian Hummer earned the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year after setting records for most single-season and career Ivy League Player of the Week awards.
Only two, however, have been named Player of the Year three times: Reggie Lewis of Northeastern (1985–87) and Taylor Coppenrath of Vermont (2003–05).
The American South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American South Conference's most outstanding player.
Rebecca Lobo and Diana Taurasi, both of Connecticut, each won the award twice in their careers.
One player, Michael Brooks of La Salle, won the award three times (1978, 1979, 1980) and was also named the National Player of the Year (1980) by being presented the NABC Player of the Year.
:Not to be confused with the also-defunct Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.
He was the first African-American player in Saint Mary's College history and their first to be named West Coast Conference player of the year.
Tai Wesley is also the younger brother of Mekeli Wesley, who in 2001 was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year.
Sappleton played for the Loyola Ramblers from 1978–82 and was the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League) Player of the Year in 1982.