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The Robert V. Geasey Trophy is awarded to the most valuable 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, which is composed of local media members who cover the Big 5.[1][2] The Philadelphia Big 5 includes La Salle University, the University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, Temple University and Villanova University.[3] Through at least the 1981–82 season, the most valuable player award was sometimes also known to be presented with the Michael Saxe Trophy,[4] named after the first head coach in Villanova men's basketball history (1920–1926).[5]
| Awarded for | the most valuable men's basketball player in the Philadelphia Big 5 |
|---|---|
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Herb Good Basketball Club |
| History | |
| First award | 1956 |
| Most recent | Eric Dixon, Villanova |
| Website | Official website |
| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Robert V. Geasey Trophy at that point |
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Guy Rodgers, Temple, 1956 through 1958
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Jim Lynam, Saint Joseph's, 1963
Howard Porter, Villanova, 1969
Keven McDonald, Penn, 1977
Michael Brooks, La Salle, 1978 and 1980
Terence Stansbury, Temple, 1983
Harold Pressley, Villanova, 1986
Aaron McKie, Temple, 1993
Eddie Jones, Temple, 1994
Rashid Bey, Saint Joseph's, 1997 and 1998
Pepe Sánchez, Temple, 1999 and 2000
Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's, 2004
Randy Foye, Villanova, 2006
Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn, 2007
Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph's, 2009
Zack Rosen, Penn, 2012
Khalif Wyatt, Temple, 2013
DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's, 2016
Collin Gillespie, Villanova, 2021 and 2022
Eric Dixon, Villanova, 2024
| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Villanova | 29 | 1962, 1963†, 1964†, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969†, 1972†, 1973, 1981, 1982†, 1983†, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997†, 2001†, 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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