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PEORIA -- As the regular season closes on the Missouri Valley Conference this weekend, electing the league’s honor teams is upon those of us charged with a vote.
The Player of the Year vote is pretty clear cut in my mind. Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet should be tabbed as the Valley’s top player, reclaiming the honor he ceded to Northern Iowa’s Seth Tuttle last year.
Once again, VanVleet has been the catalyst for the smooth-running Shocker machine, which clinched its third consecutive title last week.