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American Athletic Conference Announces 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Awards

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s men’s basketball honors for the 2024-25 season. The selections were made by the conference’s 13 head coaches.

Memphis, the No. 1 seed for the 2025 American Men’s Basketball Championship, earned three awards. Redshirt sophomore guard PJ Haggerty was named the Player of the Year, while redshirt senior forward Dain Dainja was selected as the inaugural Newcomer of the Year. Tiger head coach Penny Hardaway was picked by his peers as the Coach of the Year, while the late South Florida head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim was named honorary Coach of the Year.