Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
October 19, 2023
The Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Missouri Valley Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1968–69 season. It was renamed to honor Basketball Hall of FamerLarry Bird, who played at Indiana State from 1977 to 1979 and led the Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA Championship game. Bird won every major player of the year award (including the Naismith and Wooden awards) in 1979.
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
There have never been any ties for the player of the year, but there have been nine repeat winners in the award's history. Of the repeat winners, Fred VanVleet of Wichita State (2014 and 2016) and A. J. Green of Northern Iowa (2020, 2022) won in non-consecutive years.
^Memphis State University, now known as the University of Memphis, left in 1973 and briefly went independent before becoming a founding member of the Metro Conference. The school is now in The American.
. Awards (p. 191). Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
October 19, 2023
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The Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Men s Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Missouri Valley Conference s most outstanding player The award was first given following the 1968 69 season It was renamed to honor Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird who played at Indiana State from 1977 to 1979 and led the Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA Championship game Bird won every major player of the year award including the Naismith and Wooden awards in 1979 Missouri Valley Conference Men s Basketball Player of the YearAwarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Missouri Valley ConferenceCountryUnited StatesHistoryFirst award1969Most recentTucker DeVries DrakeCreighton had the most all time winners with seven but it left the conference in July 2013 to join the reconfigured Big East Conference Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013 Bradley Drake and Southern Illinois have the most winners with six apiece Four current conference members have not had a winner but three of them Belmont Murray State and UIC played their first MVC seasons in 2022 23 and the other Valparaiso played its first MVC season in 2017 18 There have never been any ties for the player of the year but there have been nine repeat winners in the award s history Of the repeat winners Fred VanVleet of Wichita State 2014 and 2016 and A J Green of Northern Iowa 2020 2022 won in non consecutive years Contents 1 Key 2 Winners 3 Winners by school 4 Footnotes 5 ReferencesKey Edit Co Players of the Year Awarded a national Player of the Year award Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year 1904 05 to 1978 79 UPI College Basketball Player of the Year 1954 55 to 1995 96 Naismith College Player of the Year 1968 69 to present John R Wooden Award 1976 77 to present Player X Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the MVC Player of the Year award at that pointWinners Edit nbsp Jeff Halliburton of Drake won in 1971 nbsp Larry Bird won in 1978 and 1979 nbsp Kyle Korver with ball was back to back POY in 2002 and 2003 nbsp Fred VanVleet the 2014 and 2016 winner from Wichita State University Season Player School Position Class1968 69 Bingo Smith Tulsa SG Senior1969 70 Jim Ard Cincinnati C Senior1970 71 Jeff Halliburton Drake SF Senior1971 72 Larry Finch Memphis State G Junior1972 73 Larry Kenon Memphis State PF Junior1973 74 Junior Bridgeman Louisville SF Junior1974 75 Junior Bridgeman 2 Louisville SF Senior1975 76 Mike Glenn Southern Illinois PG Junior1976 77 Roger Phegley Bradley SG Junior1977 78 Larry Bird Indiana State SF Junior1978 79 Larry Bird 2 Indiana State SF Senior1979 80 Lewis Lloyd Drake SF SG Junior1980 81 Lewis Lloyd 2 Drake SF SG Senior1981 82 Paul Pressey Tulsa PG F Senior1982 83 Antoine Carr Wichita State C Senior1983 84 Xavier McDaniel Wichita State PF Junior1984 85 Xavier McDaniel 2 Wichita State PF Senior1985 86 Jim Les Bradley PG Senior1986 87 Hersey Hawkins Bradley SG Junior1987 88 Hersey Hawkins 2 Bradley SG Senior1988 89 Anthony Manuel Bradley PG Senior1989 90 Bob Harstad Creighton PF Junior1990 91 Chad Gallagher Creighton C Senior1991 92 Ashraf Amaya Southern Illinois PF Senior1992 93 Curt Smith Drake PG Junior1993 94 Gary Collier Tulsa SF Senior1994 95 Chris Carr Southern Illinois SG Junior1995 96 Anthony Parker Bradley SG SF Junior1996 97 Jason Daisy Northern Iowa PG Senior1997 98 Rico Hill Illinois State F Senior1998 99 Marcus Wilson Evansville SG PG Senior1999 00 Nate Green Indiana State SF Senior2000 01 Tarise Bryson Illinois State PG Junior2001 02 Kyle Korver Creighton SF SG Junior2002 03 Kyle Korver 2 Creighton SF SG Senior2003 04 Darren Brooks Southern Illinois G Junior2004 05 Darren Brooks 2 Southern Illinois G Senior2005 06 Paul Miller Wichita State C Senior2006 07 Jamaal Tatum Southern Illinois SG Senior2007 08 Adam Emmenecker Drake PG Senior2008 09 Booker Woodfox Creighton SG Senior2009 10 Adam Koch Northern Iowa PF Senior2010 11 Kyle Weems Missouri State SF Junior2011 12 Doug McDermott Creighton SF PF Sophomore2012 13 Doug McDermott 2 Creighton SF PF Junior2013 14 Fred VanVleet Wichita State PG Sophomore2014 15 Seth Tuttle Northern Iowa PF Senior2015 16 Fred VanVleet 2 Wichita State PG Senior2016 17 Paris Lee Illinois State PG Senior2017 18 Clayton Custer Loyola PG Junior2018 19 Marques Townes Loyola SG Senior2019 20 A J Green Northern Iowa PG Sophomore2020 21 Cameron Krutwig Loyola C Senior2021 22 A J Green 2 Northern Iowa PG Junior2022 23 Tucker DeVries Drake SG SF SophomoreWinners by school EditSchool year joined Winners YearsCreighton 1977 a 7 1990 1991 2002 2003 2009 2012 2013Bradley 1948 6 1977 1986 1987 1988 1989 1996Drake 1907 6 1971 1980 1981 1993 2008 2023Southern Illinois 1975 6 1976 1992 1995 2004 2005 2007Wichita State 1945 b 6 1983 1984 1985 2006 2014 2016Northern Iowa 1991 5 1997 2010 2015 2020 2022Illinois State 1981 3 1998 2001 2017Indiana State 1977 3 1978 1979 2000Loyola 2013 c 3 2018 2019 2021Tulsa 1935 d 3 1969 1982 1994Louisville 1963 e 2 1974 1975Memphis State 1968 f 2 1972 1973Cincinnati 1957 g 1 1970Evansville 1994 1 1999Missouri State 1990 1 2011Belmont 2022 0 Murray State 2022 0 UIC 2022 0 Valparaiso 2017 0 Footnotes Edit Creighton University left in 2013 to join the Big East Conference Wichita State University left in 2017 to join the American Athletic Conference The American Loyola University Chicago left in 2022 to join the Atlantic 10 Conference The University of Tulsa left in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference and is now in The American The University of Louisville left in 1975 to become a founding member of the Metro Conference and is now in the Atlantic Coast Conference Memphis State University now known as the University of Memphis left in 1973 and briefly went independent before becoming a founding member of the Metro Conference The school is now in The American The University of Cincinnati left in 1970 to go independent and is now in the Big 12 Conference References Edit MVC Men s Basketball Media Guide Awards p 191 Missouri Valley Conference Archived from the original on 1 March 2010 Retrieved 19 May 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Missouri Valley Conference Men 27s Basketball Player of the Year amp oldid 1164309277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
