glm38 wrote:All 3 players had great seasons. All 3 are winners, have great stats, and are deserving. I just think Tuttle dominated his position more so than the other 2. In fact I'm not sure I can remember a post player as dominant as Tuttle has been the last year? At least not in the last decade. He's consistently made the other Valley 5's look like high school players in head to head matchups. That's why I think he deserves POY.
I think Tuttle deserves POY as well, but I think you could say the same thing for FVV there. He's clearly, head-and-shoulders, above all other MVC point guards.
Just from conference stats alone, looking at scoring, rebounding, FG%, assists, FT%, steals, 3PT%, A:TO, FVV is #1 among MVC PGs in four of those nine categories ... possibly five (I honestly don't know who SIU's PG is supposed to be; if you consider it Beane, FVV falls to second in PPG). I believe he's tied with Brown in rebounds, he's slightly behind Timmer for second in FT%, he's third in steals behind Paris Lee and Dorian Williams, second in 3PT% to Lee, and nearly double the nearest PG in A:TO ratio. He also ranks in the top 10 MVC players in all of those statistics except rebounds ... and he's right around #15 there. No other MVC PG (except maybe Beane?) checks in more than twice in any of those.
FVV and Tuttle are both absolutely dominant at their positions. Which is I think the one negative you can say about Baker: he might be the best player in the league, but comparing guys relative to their position competition, he's not better relative to the other 2s in the league than FVV/Tutle are to the other 1s/5s.
Also ... never noticed this before, but it looks like FVV, Cotton, and Baker rank 1-3 in A:TO in the Valley? 3.75:1, 2.3:1, and 2:1 respectively. Also scary that Baker is 5th in blocks per game.
