MVC HONORS FOR THIS SEASON

[Bigshotmaker]

I'm trying to understand the MVCfan adm.He thinks the POY & DPOY should go to 2 Creighton players irregardless of where they finished in league play.Those honors generally goes to the winners of the league just like the COY.I think he did his picking with his heart and not his head.

[TxShox]

Looks like the honors have been announced... I didn't see another thread about it, so here's a link to the story

LARRY BIRD MVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Doug McDermott, Creighton

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR:
Carl Hall, Wichita State

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Seth Tuttle, UNI

DEFENSIVE MVP:
Gregory Echenique, Creighton

SIXTH-MAN OF THE YEAR:
Ned Cox, Evansville

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD DEFENSIVE TEAM OF THE YEAR:
Wichita State

First Team Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown
Doug McDermott, Creighton So. F 6-7 Ames (Iowa) High

Joe Ragland, Wichita State Sr. G 6-0 W. Springfield (Mass.) North Platte (Neb.) JC

Colt Ryan, Evansville Jr. G/F 6-5 Batesville (Ind.) High

Garrett Stutz, Wichita State Sr. C 7-0 Kansas City (Mo.) North Kansas City High

Kyle Weems, Missouri State Sr. F 6-6 Topeka (Kan.) Highland Park High

[TxShox]

A couple other notables:

Honorable-Mention Selections
Toure' Murry, Wichita State Sr. G 6-5 Houston (Texas) Klein Forest High

All-Newcomer Team
Carl Hall, Wichita State Jr. F 6-8 Cochran (Ga.) Northwest Florida State

All-Defensive Team
Toure' Murry, Wichita State Sr. G 6-5 Houston (Texas) Klein Forest High
Ben Smith, Wichita State Sr. F 6-5 Oklahoma City (Okla.) Northern Okla. - Enid

[NWShocker11]

Two players on All-defensive AND 1st team all-conference. just shows how well rounded our team was this year! we don't only worry about offensive, but our guys really care about defense

[Kung Wu]

DEFENSIVE MVP: Gregory Echenique, Creighton

Count me in the PISSED OFF column. Total #(%&*$%!

[boilershock]

Funny how WSU wins their games by an average of 16 pts. and wins the Valley by 2 games and even more over the rest of the pack and we keep getting screwed when it comes to Valley honors. I'm sorry but Mr. Pink Shoes is in NO way the defensive POY.

[dTm]

Wow Odum over Toure for 2nd team

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[Kung Wu]

Count me in the PISSED OFF column. Total #(%&*$%!

In fact now I am getting worked up about Doug McD winning POY. Now I hope our boys DESTROY this tournament! This tournament MEANS something now!!! ARG ARG ARG ARG ARG

[Kung Wu]

Wow Odum over Toure for 2nd team

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OMFG!!!

[1972Shocker]

Here are the second teamers:

Second Team
Jackie Carmichael, Illinois State Jr. F 6-9 Manhattan (Kan.) South Kent Prep
Jake Odum, Indiana State So. G 6-4 Terre Haute (Ind.) South Vigo High
Rayvonte Rice, Drake So. G 6-4 Champaign (Ill.) Centennial High
Ben Simons, Drake Jr. F 6-8 Cadillac (Mich.) High
Antoine Young, Creighton Sr. G 6-0 Bellevue (Neb.) West High

I don't have too much problem with the selections with the exception of having two players from #7 seeded Drake, one of whom missed five (I think) Valley games on the second team with Toure delegated to Honorable Mention.

I guess Echineque deserves defensive player of the year for his ability to foul but not be called for them.

[Kung Wu]

In fact now I am getting worked up about Doug McD winning POY. Now I hope our boys DESTROY this tournament! This tournament MEANS something now!!! ARG ARG ARG ARG ARG

Ok I can live with Doug McD winning POY. But only barely. It was a toss up. But Echinique? Eka-KNEE-Kay? EKAFACKINNEEKAY? ARG ARG ARG ARG ARG ARG ARG

[Signman]

Honorable mention for Toure' is an insult to Toure'. Toure' is probably the best all round basketball player in the league. If we were picking up sides in the MVC I guarantee you pick him in the first five and maybe even 1st. I'm surprised that the people voting on this can't see how he has been the glue to a great TEAM on both sides of the ball. Alas, I can't help it that the people voting are morons.

Army National Guard Defensive Team of the Year...is this new or are they just throwing the Shockers a bone because of their boneheaded DPOY? Again, defense is a team skill and I'm glad they recognize this. It's just too bad they didn't recognize that the best (and most valuable) defenders were from Wichita.

[Shoxfan11]

What a joke. Hard to take the Valley seriously.

[AG1219]

Echinique is a good defender.. I would imagine WSU players split a lot of votes in this category, resulting in Echinque getting the nod. WSU won the league by 2 games, scored the most points per game, gave up the least amount of points per game. Can't win every category.

[TxShox]

Army National Guard Defensive Team of the Year...is this new or are they just throwing the Shockers a bone because of their boneheaded DPOY?

A quick search on google shows it's been around since at least 2008-09. Looks as though the Shockers won the award last year as well as this year.