2016 Valley All-Conference Teams

[Stickboy46]

Watch Gregg get screwed with the COY award. Granted, this is just one voter, but the SIU beat writer gave his votes for COY...and not one of them was for 3G...and this guy couldn't vote for SIU guys either, so Barry wasn't even one of his votes.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/colleg...fc0450d24.html

But Gregg only won the conference by FOUR games .. that's it! You can't reward mediocrity in this league.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

McDuffie is the only Freshman on the newcomer team. Gotta think he's locked up Freshman of the year.

It will be nothing less than a joke if he doesn't win FOY.


...which is why I'm worried he won't win.

[ShockerFever]

Something that jumps out is the lack of players from the Redbirds. For the team with the best athletes 1-12, they should have many more players on here. Better do a re-count.

I laughed.

[WSUwatcher]

Watch Gregg get screwed with the COY award. Granted, this is just one voter, but the SIU beat writer gave his votes for COY...and not one of them was for 3G...and this guy couldn't vote for SIU guys either, so Barry wasn't even one of his votes.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/colleg...fc0450d24.html

Ben Jacobson? I didn't know North Carolina and Iowa State had joined the Valley. Oh, well -- that's what happens when you keep trending down in wins all the way to a mere 16-2, and not only that but also have the temerity to lose one at home.

[Rollbird5]

Watch Gregg get screwed with the COY award. Granted, this is just one voter, but the SIU beat writer gave his votes for COY...and not one of them was for 3G...and this guy couldn't vote for SIU guys either, so Barry wasn't even one of his votes.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/colleg...fc0450d24.html

I'd like to hear his reasoning for Jacobson as Coach of the Year, weren't they picked to finish 2nd or 3rd in conference too, so they performed worse than expectations. I'd go:

1st: Marshall-best coach in the league, shockers won conference by 4 games
2nd: Muller-Dealing with the loss of all conference player Lynch as well as off the court tragedy (death of his best friend/associate head coach Torrey Ward) and finished tied for 2nd whereas picked to finish 4th in preseason
3rd: Hinson-Team Performed much better than everyone thought, picked to finish 9th i believe in the preseason. Has best quotes and animations as well lol

[WuDrWu]

Watch Gregg get screwed with the COY award. Granted, this is just one voter, but the SIU beat writer gave his votes for COY...and not one of them was for 3G...and this guy couldn't vote for SIU guys either, so Barry wasn't even one of his votes.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/colleg...fc0450d24.html

I guess the 2 beatings we administered the Ugly Dawgs weren't enough to impress him.

[WuDrWu]

I'd like to hear his reasoning for Jacobson as Coach of the Year, weren't they picked to finish 2nd or 3rd in conference too, so they performed worse than expectations. I'd go:

1st: Marshall-best coach in the league, shockers won conference by 4 games
2nd: Muller-Dealing with the loss of all conference player Lynch as well as off the court tragedy (death of his best friend/associate head coach Torrey Ward) and finished tied for 2nd whereas picked to finish 4th in preseason
3rd: Hinson-Team Performed much better than everyone thought, picked to finish 9th i believe in the preseason. Has best quotes and animations as well lol

Excellent analysis.

[ShockerFever]

Watch Gregg get screwed with the COY award. Granted, this is just one voter, but the SIU beat writer gave his votes for COY...and not one of them was for 3G...and this guy couldn't vote for SIU guys either, so Barry wasn't even one of his votes.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/colleg...fc0450d24.html

That seems like some sore butthurtness from a "media" member. SIU fans don't even like the guy because he's too much of a homer.

Carbondale, Illinois "media" for ya.

[ShockdaWorld]

Bradley's coach was his 3rd pick for coach of the year!!! What the heck??? Dude is crazy!

That's not crazy. That's just dumb. Or carrying out an agenda. Perhaps 3.3G snubbed an interview request somewhere along the way or something.

[DUShock]

Something that jumps out is the lack of players from the Redbirds. For the team with the best athletes 1-12, they should have many more players on here. Better do a re-count.

Maybe the act of constantly locking arms and grabbing jerseys and arms is a disqualifier for all but one Valley coach/reporters.

[Cdizzle]

First Team
Ron Baker, Wichita State, Sr.
D.J. Balentine, Evansville, Sr.
Anthony Beane, Southern Illinois, Sr.
Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville, Sr.
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State, Sr.

Second Team
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, Illinois State, Sr.
Devonte Brown, Indiana State, Sr.
Montel James, Loyola, Sr.
Brenton Scott, Indiana State, Sophomore
Wes Washpun, UNI, Sr.

Honorable-Mention Selections
Matt Bohannon, UNI, Sr.
Paris Lee, Illinois State, Jr.
MiKyle McIntosh, Illinois State, So.
Dequon Miller, Missouri State, Jr.
Jeremy Morgan, UNI, Jr.
Reed Timmer, Drake, So.

All-Newcomer Team
Dequon Miller, Missouri State, Jr.
Anton Grady, Wichita State, Sr.
Mike Rodriguez, Southern Illinois, Jr.
Markis McDuffie, Wichita State, Fr.
Everett Clemons, Indiana State, Jr.

All-Freshman Team
Markis McDuffie, Wichita State
Obediah Church, Missouri State
Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Bradley
Jarred Dixon, Missouri State
Luuk van Bree, Bradley

All-Defensive Team
Ron Baker, Wichita State, Sr.
Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville, Sr.
Jeremy Morgan, UNI, Jr.
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State, Sr.
Paris Lee, Illinois State, Jr.

I'll guess that the specialty lists are in the order of votes received. So I'll pick Miller NOY, McDuffie FOY and Baker DPOY. I'll further guess that they just reversed the order on the 1st team, so I'll take FVV over Mock as MVC POY.

Starting to feel a lot like not Marshall as COY. Which is just great. My hope is that the powers-that-be go ahead and give him his COY contract bonus anyway. If a coach has his program so far past the league that winning it by 4 games no longer wins COY, then it is acceptable to quit voting for him so long as the award is renamed after him. That is the only scenario ever that it is ok.

[gdb620]

I'll guess that the specialty lists are in the order of votes received. So I'll pick Miller NOY, McDuffie FOY and Baker DPOY. I'll further guess that they just reversed the order on the 1st team, so I'll take FVV over Mock as MVC POY..

They look alphabetical to me, until you get to the All-Frosh and All-D.

Oops - All-Newcomer, too. I dunno.

[Wild Heiny]

Just one issue and one other comment with the teams. I would have thought Shaq would have warranted at least a mention on the All-Valley teams. Outside of "Big Mo" he was the most dominant big man in the league this year. Secondly, I would have had Brown on the all defensive team instead of Fred.

[shockmonster]

Brown is good but Fred is a big thorn in all of our opponents. He is so smart and knows how to help others by digging

[AZ Shocker]

Yeah Fred is a stud defender! Totally deserving!!!