EAST LANSING, Mich. – Denzel Valentine
For Valentine, it is his second-straight season earning MVP honors, after sharing the media vote with Branden Dawson in 2015. Valentine is having a historic season, as he is on pace to become the first player to average 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists since the NCAA first recognized the assist as an official stat in 1983-84. He currently leads the Big Ten in overall scoring (19.6 ppg) and assists (7.5 apg), looking to be the first Big Ten player to do that since Iowa’s Andre Woolridge in 1997.