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Who is the MVC Player of the Year?

With Northern iowa's disappointing loss at home to Drake last night, they have now fallen into a tie with Creighton for 1st place. The 2 UNI kids who were getting some attention as possible MVC Player of the Year candidates, Adam Koch and Kwadzo Ahelegbe had bad games. UNI has now lost 3 out of their last 4 games.

I think the frontrunner now for the POY award is my pick to win it- Booker Woodfox. He has been the most consistent player in the MVC, is 2nd in the MVC in scoring, and 1st in 3-point shooting at 50%, and has been Creighton's leader and best player all year.
 
Da Coach said:
I think the frontrunner now for the POY award is my pick to win it- Booker Woodfox. He has been the most consistent player in the MVC, is 2nd in the MVC in scoring, and 1st in 3-point shooting at 50%, and has been Creighton's leader and best player all year.
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Agreed. Book it.
 
Da Coach said:
I think the frontrunner now for the POY award is my pick to win it- Booker Woodfox. He has been the most consistent player in the MVC, is 2nd in the MVC in scoring, and 1st in 3-point shooting at 50%, and has been Creighton's leader and best player all year.
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Not to mention his All-name Team consideration.
 
Da Coach said:
I think the frontrunner now for the POY award is my pick to win it- Booker Woodfox. He has been the most consistent player in the MVC, is 2nd in the MVC in scoring, and 1st in 3-point shooting at 50%, and has been Creighton's leader and best player all year.
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No doubt. And they beat us when he was in street clothes, which is why I want nothing to do with them in St. Louis.
 
Da Coach said:
What about Theron Wilson? He is having great year. He is 7th in scoring and 3rd in rebounding. I personallly don't think he'll get many votes since Bradley now is falling out of contention for the lead, but he has carried Bradley and is one of the top few players in the league.
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Theron is nice player, who can score around the rim, can play good denial defense and rebounds bigtime. He cant shoot it from outside of 15 feet but his biggest issue is turnovers.

It just is not likely to get serious consideration when you turn the ball over 38 time in 16 games 2.375 per conference game and 73 times overall for 2.7 per game. He has also turned it over in our last 4 games 17 times, when you need your senior to step up and lead he has in a few areas but taking care of ball he has hurt his team, especially recently.

Regardless, someone here had second team and defensive teams with Bryan Mullins on both. I am curious how a guy who has missed the last 5 conference games for his team and likely will miss the last 2.. 7 games out of 18 conference games can be seriously considered for any year end honors? I find it difficult to miss nearly half a season especially the last half of it and have any honors given. And on top of that his numbers, regardless of defensive perception, are not anywhere near all conference...9.7 pt per game 2.2 boards and yes very good assist number 5.6 but if he is considered all conference material with those numbers then Harry Marshall deserves equal consideration.

My first team is:

Sly Ely
Osiris Eldridge
Kwadzo Ahelegbe
Booker Woodfox
Champ Oguchi

Second
Jason Holsinger
P Allen Stinnett
Josh Young
Theron Wilson
Adam Koch

MVP of the league right now is Woodfox, but that last game v ISU might change things especially if O has a big night.
 
I know I am somewhat biased, but I really think Eldridge is the Player of the Year.

His offense might not be where Woodfox's is, but OE's defense is 2nd to none this year. Eldridge has become a very good lock down defender and he might very well win Defensive player of the year.

I would take his all-around game over Woodfox's scoring ability any day.
 
RedbirdFan21 said:
So I am thinking it could be LOTS of fun watching O and Booker go at it in the last Sunday of play, with (possibly) the conference championship (#1 seed) on the line... could decide alot in regards to the POY
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It should be a lot of fun. You have a chance to see the 4 of the top 10 players in the league in that game. As for the POY I would would have to go w/ big "O" only because I really believe that ISU wouldn't be as good w/o him. He will put the team on his shoulders from rebounding a ball (similar to TW) that seems impossible for him to get to scoring to throwing the great assist pass. Saying all of that I would say that BW probalby gets the award only because of CU's record in the Valley unless they fall apart in the last couple of games.
 
cpacmel said:
I know I am somewhat biased, but I really think Eldridge is the Player of the Year.

His offense might not be where Woodfox's is, but OE's defense is 2nd to none this year. Eldridge has become a very good lock down defender and he might very well win Defensive player of the year.

I would take his all-around game over Woodfox's scoring ability any day.
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I don't think so!
 
Braves4Life said:
And, my vote for Valley MVP would go to either Oguchi or King O.
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I reserve the right to change my opinion.......... so I am;) :lol:

I would now vote for Booker Woodfox based on his continued success and impact and the leadership he has provided to Creighton in leading them to a terrrific Valley finish.
 
Braveman said:
KW writes about some Valley stuff today- his pick is Shy Ely
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Here is what Kirk Wessler says in his column today (Wed. 2/25)-
4. All-Valley
All-conference ??” Jonathan Cox (Drake), Osiris Eldridge (Illinois State), Shy Ely (Evansville), Theron Wilson (Bradley), Booker Woodfox (Creighton).
Freshman of the year ??” Kevin Dillard (Southern Illinois).
Defensive player of the year ??” Wilson.
Player of the year ??” Ely.
And I??™d be holding my Coach of the Year vote to see who best distinguishes himself in the final week: Marty Simmons (Evansville) or Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa).

I see a lot of room this year for differences of opinion, since there has not been a standout performer. I would vote for Woodfox for POY, and I would put Oguchi on the first team All-MVC instead of Osiris Eldridge.
King-O, who was the preseason pick for the POY, was just 3-13 last night in their big game at home for a chance to pull into a tie with UNI. And he was an embarrassing 1-12 against Niagara in the nationally televised game on ESPN2. He does not lead the Redbirds in any key category. He second to Oguchi in scoring, and 8th on the team in shooting percentage.
 
Also, I would not put Cox on the first team...
He is among the league leaders in just one stat...rebounds, but his scoring average of 11.5 in conference play and FG Shooting Pct. of just 43% are unimpressive.
Maybe if his team was among the Valley leaders, but Drake sits in 7th place.
Their 17 wins are a bit misleading as one is vs. a DI that's way below .500 and nine wins are against a non-conference SOS that ranked 286th - almost as bad as Illinois State's.

I certainly think both Adam Koch and Kwadzo Ahelegbe deserve mention ahead of Cox, especially Koch, whose scoring average (12.1) and shooting pct. (49.8%) are better than Cox'.

also OE does lead the team in shots attempted and is the leader in turnovers among non-PG's
 
There is no doubt O has taken himself out of the POY talks with his play the last few games... but he may still be working himself into the D POY... I doubt he will get it, but he has to be in the talks IMO
 
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