Awarded for | the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Philadelphia Big 5 |
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Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Herb Good Basketball Club |
History | |
First award | 1956 |
Most recent | Eric Dixon, Villanova |
Website | Philadelphia Big 5 |
The Robert V. Geasey Trophy is awarded to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Philadelphia Big 5, an informal association of college athletic programs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The trophy does not represent the entire regular season's most valuable player, the award goes simply to the best basketball player for Big 5 games played that season. It has been given since 1956 and is granted by the Herb Good Basketball Club. Members of the Philadelphia Big 5 are La Salle University, the University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, Temple University and Villanova University.
† | Co-Players of the Year |
* | Awarded a national player of the year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award |
School | Winners | Years |
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Villanova | 27 | 1962, 1963†, 1964†, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969†, 1972†, 1973, 1981, 1982†, 1983†, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Temple | 17 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1979†, 1983†, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008†, 2011, 2013 |
Saint Joseph's | 14 | 1959, 1963†, 1964†, 1967, 1982†, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008†, 2009, 2016 |
La Salle | 11 | 1969†, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
Penn | 8 | 1972†, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979†, 2007, 2012, 2023 |
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