Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

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Who will be named the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Poll ended at October 22nd, 2014, 8:20 am

Ron Baker - Wichita State
13
28%
Anthony Beane - SIU
4
9%
DJ Balentine - Evansville
7
15%
Tekele Cotton - Wichita State
2
4%
Milton Doyle - Loyola
0
No votes
Marcus Marshall - Missouri State
5
11%
Seth Tuttle - UNI
2
4%
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State
11
23%
Other
3
6%
 
Total votes : 47

Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby BUDude » October 22nd, 2014, 2:08 pm

Hard to not vote for the reigning POY but Baker should have a huge year.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby ShocksF4 » November 30th, 2014, 6:46 pm

Obviously the season is very young, but who are your top players early for POY?
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby Wufan » November 30th, 2014, 7:08 pm

It's still Baker. He's playing for an undefeated top 10 team and is third in scoring and has better than a 5:1 A:TO ratio.

OTOH, UNI is 7-0 and some might consider them as a potential MVC champion. In that instance, Seth Tuttle is making some serious waves.

Marcus Marshall, Anthony Beane, and Milton Doyle are also putting up some spectacular individual numbers, but unless their respective teams can put forth a legit MVC challenger, I think hey will be relegated to various 1st or 2nd team options.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby achrist70 » November 30th, 2014, 7:10 pm

I know I am biased, but Tuttle has been playing like a man against boys lately, this award usually comes down to the standings, and if the Panthers are close to Wichita (not that I am conceding the league title) the Wichita 3 way split may lead people to vote for Tuttle.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby rlh04d » November 30th, 2014, 7:55 pm

If Baker stays healthy, he wins going away.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby Wufan » November 30th, 2014, 8:06 pm

rlh04d wrote:If Baker stays healthy, he wins going away.


4 or even 7 games isn't a large enough sample size. That said, it's Ron's to lose.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby valleychamp » November 30th, 2014, 9:35 pm

I dont know how someone can watch WSU and have the opinion that Baker is a more valuable player than FVV, let alone a better player. I just dont see it.

WSU would be in big trouble if VanVleet went down to injury, IMO. If they lost Baker, I think they would just keep trucking along.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby Wufan » December 1st, 2014, 6:01 am

valleychamp wrote:I dont know how someone can watch WSU and have the opinion that Baker is a more valuable player than FVV, let alone a better player. I just dont see it.

WSU would be in big trouble if VanVleet went down to injury, IMO. If they lost Baker, I think they would just keep trucking along.


Baker is healthy, and thus far has upped his game. I have no problem with FVV as the player most valuable to WSU, but at this point it's definitely debatable.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby Aargh » December 1st, 2014, 9:58 am

valleychamp wrote:I dont know how someone can watch WSU and have the opinion that Baker is a more valuable player than FVV, let alone a better player. I just dont see it.

WSU would be in big trouble if VanVleet went down to injury, IMO. If they lost Baker, I think they would just keep trucking along.

Take either out of the lineup and the replacement would likely be moving Wessel to Wing and using one of the Fr (Morris or Kelly) at PF.

Take Baker out of the lineup and the D collapses on the bigs, which would cut down VanVleet's ability to drive to the hoop as well as opportunities for assists on entry passes to the post players. Baker is the guy who gives defenses the greatest challenges.
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Re: Who will be the 2014-15 MVC Player of the Year?

Postby Rollbird5 » December 1st, 2014, 10:05 am

1. Baker
2. Van Vleet
3. Tuttle
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