The Early Preseason All-MVC Team

[tornado]

Anyone want to predict who they think will get voted as All MVC in the preseason?

It was difficult last year as over a dozen players received some preseason attention.
Here is some of the discussion from last season

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5115

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4493

The official 2006-2007 MVC Preseason First Team of
Nate Funk (POY)
Anthony Tolliver
Blake Ahearn
Grant Stout
Jamaal Tatum
Tony Young

Was pretty accurate, as the final postseason voting went like this:
2007 All-Missouri Valley Conference Men???‚¬?„?s Basketball Team - First Team
Blake Ahearn, Missouri State
Randal Falker, Southern Illinois
Nate Funk, Creighton
Jamaal Tatum, Southern Illinois
Anthony Tolliver, Creighton


Who would you select for the 2007-2008 Preseason teams?

Here are my picks..........

2007-2008 First Team All Conference:
Daniel Ruffin
Jeremy Crouch
Eric Coleman
Randall Falker
PJ Couisnard

[collegehoopjunkie]

These aren't my picks, but here is who I think will get the preseason vote from the MVC
Coleman, Falker, Dyer, Ruffin, Cousinard

[BUBraves06]

Coleman
Falker
Couisnard
Daniel Ruffin
JC

I duno if they'll put two guys from BU on the team, but I can't think of anyone else, maybe Watts? He's going to have to be a big time producer if Creighton is going to do well this season.

[chitownBUB]

Here's what some of my Redbird friends are telling me-
Osiris Eldridge, Anthony Slack, Boo Richardson, Dinma Odiakosa, and Dom Johnson.

Seriously, I think if either Crouch or Ruff is left off, then a serious injustice has been done.
JC led the nation for crying out loud, and Ruffin may be a legit pick for preseason MVC-POY.
After that, then it's Falker and Coleman for sure and the final spot goes to one of several (Cousinard, Dyer, Watts, Eldridge, Richards, Holsinger) who are in the running.

[amckillip]

Here's what some of my Redbird friends are telling me-
Osiris Eldridge, Anthony Slack, Boo Richardson, Dinma Odiakosa, and Dom Johnson.

Seriously, I think if either Crouch or Ruff is left off, then a serious injustice has been done.
JC led the nation for crying out loud, and Ruffin may be a legit pick for preseason MVC-POY.
After that, then it's Falker and Coleman for sure and the final spot goes to one of several (Cousinard, Dyer, Watts, Eldridge, Richards, Holsinger) who are in the running.

No offense to the ISU readers but OE over anyone else mentioned here would be pretty... well wrong. He may finish the year and be there. But to say he one of the top 5 in the MVC currently? No way.

[it's boogie time]

I think OE might have a decent shot to make 1st team or 2nd team all conference by the end of the year. He scored 11.5ppg and 5.7rpg as a freshmen in conference. His numbers actually got better as the year went on. It all depends on how much better he got over the summer and how he fits into the new coach's system.

I think Coleman will have a monster year at UNI and be the POY.

I'm looking forward to seeing how many assists Ruffin can get this year. If any of these new guys can score in the post, he'll have some impressive numbers.

Faulkner, Shaw and Cousinard round out my preseason picks.

[amckillip]

I think OE might have a decent shot to make 1st team or 2nd team all conference by the end of the year. He scored 11.5ppg and 5.7rpg as a freshmen in conference. His numbers actually got better as the year went on. It all depends on how much better he got over the summer and how he fits into the new coach's system.

I think Coleman will have a monster year at UNI and be the POY.

I'm looking forward to seeing how many assists Ruffin can get this year. If any of these new guys can score in the post, he'll have some impressive numbers.

Faulkner, Shaw and Cousinard round out my preseason picks.

He may by the end of the year, JC would have had he been healthy all of last year. But there's no way JC should have been a preseason All MVC.

My point is All MVC shouldn't really be based on potential, I know to some degree it should be, but it just can't be too much. If it were based on potenetial last year Greg Oden should have been All-Big Ten preseason, without playing a game.

[That Guy]

D Ruff
JC
Falker
Coleman (Preseason POY)
Funk (Coming back for his 12th season of eligibility)

[Braveman]

Ruff
JC
Watt
Falker
Cousinard
(Ruff & Falker Co-Players of the Year)

[tornado]

D Ruff
JC
Falker
Coleman (Preseason POY)
Funk (Coming back for his 12th season of eligibility)

Ha, ha....Might as well add Tarise Bryson...maybe he will finally get the NCAA to restore his 6th year of eligibility!

[Majik45]

I think your MVC first team pre-season will be:

Falker
Coleman
Ruffin
Dyer
Cousinard

The others in the discussion are JC, Watts, and Shaw.