Add another award to Michigan State star senior Denzel Valentine’s growing list. On Tuesday morning, Valentine was named Sports Illustrated‘s college basketball player of the year, his third such award from a major publication.
Denzel Valentine picks up another Player of the Year award. Sports Illustrated picks the MSU senior.
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) March 15, 2016
The two finalists are [unofficially] Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield and the Spartans’ Valentine. The two faced off for a chance to go to the Elite Eight a year ago and it was one of the better games of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, but who would have thought they’d be national player of the year finalists a year later?