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No 1951 awardee
editDespite what some NCAA publications have printed many years later—that Kentucky's Bill Spivey won the 1951 award—no official vote occurred after the game and no player was officially presented as the winner.[1][2] A news article printed by the Lexington Herald-Leader on April 7, 1951, titled "What Happened To NCAA's MVP Award?" detailed this mysterious divergence of precedent.[3] Reporter Ed Ashford wrote, "For 11 consecutive years a most valuable player was chosen after the NCAA basketball tournament. However this year, for some unexplained reason, no poll was taken and there was no MVP honored. Whether the authorities just forgot about it or decided to eliminate balloting for the honor is not known. If a poll had been taken, it is likely that Kentucky would have garnered its third MVP award in the last four years. Alex Groza won the honor in 1948 and 1949 while Bill Spivey and Shelby Linville would have been strong contenders for the award this year."[3] —SportsGuy789 (talk) 20:24, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- ^ "Tournament MVPs". Stevens Point Journal. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. April 8, 2003. p. 12. Retrieved August 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
1951 – None selected
- ^ "NCAA Men's Tournament Final Four MVPs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 2003. p. E03. Retrieved August 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
1951: None selected
- ^ a b Ashford, Ed (April 7, 1951). "What Happened To NCAA's MVP Award?". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.