Courtesy of BCPanther from MVCFans:

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

To feel how close the Larry Bird Award was this year....If Lucas makes that shot at UNI , I am guessing the award is his..Although I have no doubt Lucas Williamson was the better overall player

..A year of ifs.
If we didnt have to cancel games for COVID...and pack our schedule....If Marquis had not missed what 10 games.....if CLemons had been fully available.

I agree. I think Lucas wins that award if he hits that shot.

Not to mention the obvious for "ifs", but what if Krutwig came back.

From my perspective, I thought that Tucker DeVries should have been first team.

This illustrates that we are lacking the wealth of talent from year's past.

Maybe this was a better coaching job by Valentine than he is being credited for