- Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the Missouri Valley Conference Country United States First awarded 1969 Currently held by Kyle Weems, Missouri State 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 to the Sycamores to 1979 NCAA Championship game. Bird won every major player of the year award (including the Naismith and Wooden awards) in 1979.
As of 2011, Bradley and Southern Illinois are tied for the most all–time winners with six apiece. The most recent winner is Kyle Weems from Missouri State. There have never been any ties for the player of the year, but there have been seven repeat winners in the award's history.
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Key
† Co-Players of the Year * Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden AwardPlayer (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point Winners
Winners by school
School (year joined) Winners Years Bradley (1948) 6 1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996 Southern Illinois (1975) 6 1976, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2007 Creighton (1977) 5 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2009 Drake (1907) 5 1971, 1980, 1981, 1993, 2008 Wichita State (1945) 4 1983, 1984, 1985, 2006 Indiana State (1977) 3 1978, 1979, 2000 Tulsa (1935)[a] 3 1969, 1982, 1994 Illinois State (1981) 2 1998, 2001 Louisville (1963)[b] 2 1974, 1975 Memphis State (1968)[c] 2 1972, 1973 Northern Iowa (1991) 2 1997, 2010 Cincinnati (1957)[d] 1 1970 Evansville (1994) 1 1999 Missouri State (1990) 1 2011 Footnotes
- a The University of Tulsa left in 1996.
- b The University of Louisville left in 1974.
- c Memphis State University (now called the University of Memphis) left in 1973.
- d The University of Cincinnati left in 1970.
References
- "MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide". Awards (p. 191). Missouri Valley Conference. http://epublish.multiad.com/MVC_men_bball/. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 1969: B. Smith | 1970: Ard | 1971: Halliburton | 1972: Finch | 1973: Kenon | 1974: Bridgeman | 1975: Bridgeman | 1976: Glenn | 1977: Phegley | 1978: Bird | 1979: Bird | 1980: Lloyd | 1981: Lloyd | 1982: Pressey | 1983: A. Carr | 1984: McDaniel | 1985: McDaniel | 1986: Les | 1987: Hawkins | 1988: Hawkins | 1989: Manuel | 1990: Harstad | 1991: Gallagher | 1992: Amaya | 1993: C. Smith | 1994: Collier | 1995: C. Carr | 1996: Parker | 1997: Daisy | 1998: Hill | 1999: Wilson | 2000: Green | 2001: Bryson | 2002: Korver | 2003: Korver | 2004: Brooks | 2005: Brooks | 2006: Miller | 2007: Tatum | 2008: Emmenecker | 2009: Woodfox | 2010: Koch | 2011: Weems
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball Teams Bradley Braves • Creighton Bluejays • Drake Bulldogs • Evansville Purple Aces • Illinois State Redbirds • Indiana State Sycamores • Missouri State Bears • Northern Iowa Panthers • Southern Illinois Salukis • Wichita State Shockers
Championships & awards Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament • Player of the Year
Men's college basketball awards (United States) National players of the year Naismith Trophy • Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy • AP Player of the Year • Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) • NABC Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • Sporting News Player of the Year • UPI Player of the Year (defunct)Individual awards Academic All-America of the Year • All-Americans (by year) • Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) • Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) • Haggerty Award (NYC area) • Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) • Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) • Pete Newell Big Man Award • NABC Defensive Player of the Year • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (6'0" or shorter) • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) • USBWA National Freshman of the YearConference players of the year America East • American South • A-10 • ACC • A-Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Eight • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West • CAA • Conference USA • East Coast • Great Midwest • Great West • Horizon • Ivy • MAAC • Metro • MAC • MEAC • MVC • Mountain West • NEC • OVC • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • SoCon • Southland • Summit • Sun Belt • SWAC • WCC • WACHead coach awards Naismith Coach of the Year
Adolph Rupp Cup • AP Coach of the Year • Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) • Henry Iba Award • Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) • Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) • NABC Coach of the Year • Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) • UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) • Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) • Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)Conference coaches of the year Division awards Halls of fame See also: Women's college basketball awards Categories:- NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year
- Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball
- Awards established in 1969
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