Who won Most Outstanding Player in 2024? UConn standout Tristen Newton claims March Madness 'MVP' award

Edward Sutelan

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Who won Most Outstanding Player in 2024? UConn standout Tristen Newton claims March Madness 'MVP' award image

Tristen Newton joined an exclusive list Monday, earning Most Outstanding Player honors after bringing home another national championship with UConn.

The 6-5 guard was a rock for the Huskies all season, and he capped off UConn's dominant tournament run with a 20-point, seven-assist, five-rebound performance in Connecticut's 75-60 win over Purdue. Perhaps most impressive, Newton didn't turn it over once while playing 39 minutes.  

In six games, Newton averaged 14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 7.2 assists, spearheading the Huskies run to the title game.

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Newton joins elite company with his MOP award, including some of the greatest players in the game's history like Hakeem Olajuwon, Magic Johnson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He also joins former teammate Adama Sanogo, who won the award for the Huskies last season.

Here's how Newton earned the prestigious honor.

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Who won Most Outstanding Player in 2024?

UConn stood out during its March Madness run for its well-rounded roster that seemed to produce a different hero each night, but Newton was just about always involved.

He scored double-digit points in all but one of the six UConn wins, and he was often a crucial facilitator of the offense, notching more than five assists in four games. 

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Newton went 0-for-6 from the field against Illinois, but he otherwise went 28-of-59 (47.5 percent), including an impressive 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from 3-point range. 

When it came to the Final Four, Newton scored 12 points with nine assists and three rebounds against Alabama, then notched 20 points with five rebounds and seven assists against Purdue in the championship.

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Most Outstanding Player winners

YEAR NAME SCHOOL
2024 Tristen Newton UConn
2023 Adama Sanogo UConn
2022 Ochai Agbaji Kansas
2021 Jared Butler Baylor
2019 Kyle Guy Virginia
2018 Donte DiVincenzo Villanova
2017 Joel Berry II North Carolina
2016 Ryan Arcidiacono Villanova
2015 Tyus Jones Duke
2014 Shabazz Napier UConn
2013 Luke Hancock Louisville*
2012 Anthony Davis Kentucky
2011 Kemba Walker UConn
2010 Kyler Singler Duke
2009 Wayne Ellington North Carolina
2008 Mario Chalmers Kansas
2007 Corey Brewer Florida
2006 Joakim Noah Florida
2005 Sean May North Carolina
2004 Emeka Okafor UConn
2003 Carmelo Anthony Syracuse
2002 Juan Dixon Maryland
2001 Shane Battier Duke
2000 Mateen Cleaves Michigan State
1999 Richard Hamilton UConn
1998 Jeff Sheppard Kentucky
1997 Miles Simon Arizona
1996 Tony Delk Kentucky
1995 Ed O'Bannon UCLA
1994 Corliss Williamson Arkansas
1993 Donald Williams North Carolina
1992 Bobby Hurley Duke
1991 Christian Laettner Duke
1990 Anderson Hunt UNLV
1989 Glen Rice Michigan
1988 Danny Manning Kansas
1987 Keith Smart Indiana
1986 Pervis Ellison Louisville
1985 Ed Pinckney Villanova
1984 Patrick Ewing Georgetown
1983 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston
1982 James Worthy North Carolina
1981 Isiah Thomas Indiana
1980 Darrell Griffith Louisville
1979 Magic Johnson Michigan State
1978 Jack Givens Kentucky
1977 Butch Lee Marquette
1976 Kent Benson Indiana
1975 Richard Washington UCLA
1974 David Thompson NC State
1973 Bill Walton UCLA
1972 Bill Walton UCLA
1971 Vacated N/A
1970 Sidney Wicks UCLA
1969 Lew Alcindor UCLA
1968 Lew Alcindor UCLA
1967 Lew Alcindor UCLA
1966 Jerry Chambers Utah
1965 Bill Bradley Princeton
1964 Walt Hazzard UCLA
1963 Art Heyman Duke
1962 Paul Hogue  Cincinnati
1961 Jerry Lucas Ohio State
1960 Jerry Lucas Ohio State
1959 Jerry West West Virginia
1958 Elgin Baylor Seattle
1957 Wilt Chamberlain Kansas
1956 Hal Lear Temple
1955 Bill Russell San Francisco
1954 Tom Gola La Salle
1953 B.H. Born Kansas
1952 Clyde Lovellette Kansas
1951 Bill Spivey Kentucky
1950 Irwin Dambrot CCNY
1949 Alex Groza Kentucky 
1948 Alex Groza Kentucky
1947 George Kaftan Holy Cross
1946 Bob Kurland Oklahoma State
1945 Bob Kurland Oklahoma State
1944 Arnie Ferrin Utah
1943 Ken Sailors Wyoming
1942 Howie Dallmar Stanford
1941 John Kotz Wisconsin
1940 Marvin Huffman Indiana
1939 Jimmy Hull Ohio State

*Title vacated 

Edward Sutelan

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Edward Sutelan joined The Sporting News in 2021 after covering high school sports for PennLive. Edward graduated from The Ohio State University in 2019, where he gained experience covering the baseball, football and basketball teams. Edward also spent time working for The Columbus Dispatch and Cape Cod Times.

Matt Lutovsky

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Matt Lutovsky has been a writer and editor for The Sporting News since 2007, primarily writing about fantasy sports, betting, and gaming.