All-MVC Awards

[unipanther99]

LARRY BIRD MVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- AJ Green, UNI
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR -- Terry Roberts, Bradley
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR -- Tucker DeVries, Drake
DEFENSIVE MVP -- Lucas Williamson, Loyola
SIXTH-MAN OF THE YEAR -- Bowen Born, UNI

2022 All-Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Team
First Team Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown
AJ Green, UNI Jr. G 6-4 Cedar Falls (Iowa) Cedar Falls
Isiaih Mosley, Missouri St. Jr. G 6-5 Columbia (Mo.) Rock Bridge
Gaige Prim, Missouri St. Sr. F 6-9 Aurora (Colo.) Grandview (South Plains College)
Terry Roberts, Bradley Jr. G 6-3 North Amityville (N.Y.) Florida SouthWestern
Lucas Williamson, Loyola Gr. G 6-4 Chicago (Ill.) Whitney Young

Second Team
Noah Carter, UNI So. F 6-6 Dubuque (Iowa) Dubuque Senior
Tucker DeVries, Drake Fr. G/F 6-7 Waukee (Iowa) Waukee
Marcus Domask, S. Illinois Jr. F 6-6 Waupun (Wis.) Waupun
Antonio Reeves, Illinois St. Jr. G 6-6 Chicago (Ill.) Simeon
Garrett Sturtz, Drake Sr. G 6-3 Newton (Iowa) Newton

Third Team
Ben Krikke, Valparaiso Jr. F 6-9 Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Jasper Place
Rienk Mast, Bradley So. F 6-9 Groningen (Netherlands) Donar Groningen
Cooper Neese, Indiana St. Jr. G 6-4 Cloverdale (Ind.) Cloverdale
Braden Norris, Loyola Jr. G 6-0 Hilliard (Ohio) Hilliard Bradley (Oakland)
Roman Penn, Drake Sr. G 6-0 Calumet City (Ill.) Bishop Noll (Siena)

All-Newcomer Team
Tucker DeVries, Drake Fr. G/F 6-7 Waukee (Iowa) Waukee
Cameron Henry, Indiana St. Jr. G 6-6 Chesterfield (Va.) Lloyd C. Bird (Lincoln Memorial)
Kobe King, Valparaiso Sr. G 6-4 La Crosse (Wis) La Crosse Central (Wisconsin)
Chris Knight, Loyola Sr. F 6-7 Madison (Wis.) James Madison Mml. (Dartmouth)
Terry Roberts, Bradley Jr. G 6-3 North Amityville (N.Y.) Florida SouthWestern

All-Freshman Team
Tucker DeVries, Drake Fr. G/F 6-7 Waukee (Iowa) Waukee
Isaac Haney, Missouri St. Fr. G 6-2 Springfield (Mo.) Kickapoo
Connor Hickman, Bradley Fr. G 6-3 Bloomington (Ind.) Bloomington South
Preston Ruedinger, Valpo Fr. G 6-2 Oshkosh (Wis.) Lourdes Academy
Blake Sisley, Evansville Fr. F 6-8 Santa Claus (Ind.) Heritage Hills

All-Defensive Team
Donovan Clay, Missouri St. Jr. G/F 6-8 Alton (Ill.) Alton High (Valparaiso)
Lance Jones, S. Illinois Jr. G 6-1 Evanston (Ill.) Evanston Township
Aher Uguak, Loyola Gr. F 6-7 Edmonton (Alberta) Harry Ainlay (New Mexico)
D.J. Wilkins, Drake Sr. G 6-2 Merrillville (Ind.) High (Florida SouthWestern)
Lucas Williamson, Loyola Gr. G 6-4 Chicago (Ill.) Whitney Young

All-Bench Team (selected by beat writers)
Announced on Wednesday, March 2

Most-Improved Team (selected by beat writers)
Announced on Wednesday, March 2

Coach of the Year
(announced Thursday)

[unipanther99]

Second MVP for AJ Green.

Other two time Larry Bird Player of the Year winners include:
Fred VanVleet, Doug McDermott, Darren Brooks, Kyle Korver, Hersey Hawkins, Xavier McDaniel, Lewis Lloyd, Larry Bird, and Junior Bridgeman

[tribecalledquest]

Second MVP for AJ Green.

Other two time Larry Bird Player of the Year winners include:
Fred VanVleet, Doug McDermott, Darren Brooks, Kyle Korver, Hersey Hawkins, Xavier McDaniel, Lewis Lloyd, Larry Bird, and Junior Bridgeman

Pressure on for UNI/AJ to make an NCAA Tournament. All of those guys made at least one - if not two.

[unipanther99]

Second MVP for AJ Green.

Pressure on for UNI/AJ to make an NCAA Tournament. All of those guys made at least one - if not two.

I still believe we would have snuck in the 2020 year, but we will never know. Not sure if pressure is the right word, but I don't think anyone wants a NCAA tournament for AJ more than AJ.

[tribecalledquest]

Second MVP for AJ Green.

Pressure on for UNI/AJ to make an NCAA Tournament. All of those guys made at least one - if not two.

I still believe we would have snuck in the 2020 year, but we will never know. Not sure if pressure is the right word, but I don't think anyone wants a NCAA tournament for AJ more than AJ.

No doubt. Maybe he will even attempt to play some defense this weekend I kid.

[MSUBear42]

Congrats to Green. Reality is that Mosley was not consistent enough to win it. He turned 'off' for a couple really important games. Still had better stats, though, along with joining the insane 50-40-90 club.


ALL THAT SAID. Reported that there were four voters who didn't even have Mosley in their top 3 for POY voting. They need to be immediately put on blast, whoever they were.

[unipanther99]

If true, that is a shame. This was clearly a three-way race.

[BCPanther]

Congrats to Green. Reality is that Mosley was not consistent enough to win it. He turned 'off' for a couple really important games. Still had better stats, though, along with joining the insane 50-40-90 club.


ALL THAT SAID. Reported that there were four voters who didn't even have Mosley in their top 3 for POY voting. They need to be immediately put on blast, whoever they were.

I think the 6 points and looking totally disinterested in Cedar Falls might have been what did him in.

AJ was also left off a ballot. Those people need to have their privileges revoked because they're obviously either spiteful or just completely disengaged. There's no way you can have a serious ballot if you don't have those two on it.

[tribecalledquest]

As a Bradley fan it is interesting that the best defensive team in the league didn't get a player on the All Defensive team. I know a lot of the defense stuff is reputation oriented but still.

[Adunk33]

So, the league's leading scorer is not a top 5 player in the MVC? Got it. LOL.

I get that voters consider results but aren't these awards designed to reward the league's best players, regardless of the success (or lack of) their team?

The people that didn't have Mosley or Green on their ballot should have their voters rights revoked. Similarly to that Chicago sports media clown that said he'd never vote for Aaron Rodgers for MVP.