My Midseason Missouri Valley Conference All-League Ballot
MBB: Halfway through the men's basketball conference slate, here are my picks for the award winners
Filling out the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball preseason ballot was like shooting darts blindfolded at midnight.
Maybe you hit the board, but you’ve probably got a better shot of stabbing your partner in the heart.
We’re still five weeks away from the Valley announcing postseason awards, including the coveted Larry Bird Player of the Year honor as well as the First, Second and Third Teams. I think there’s an All-Freshman Team, an All-Newcomer Team and an All-Defensive Team, although no one has been able to adequately explain to me what you have to do to get on that team. There’s an All-Improved team, and maybe Valley voters will even do some studying on that this season. There should probably be the All-Donovan Clay Team, honoring players that have transferred within the conference.
Now that each team is halfway through the conference slate, we’re armed with some real data as to who should be on the All-Conference Teams. So, after hours of number crunching, as well as some continued blindfolded dart throwing at midnight, here is my…