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Missouri Valley Conference Recognizes
MVC Men’s Basketball ‘50 Greatest’ Players
As a part of the Missouri Valley Conference Centennial Celebration in 2006-07, The Valley named all-centennial
teams for each of the Valley’s sponsored sports. The list of Top 50 men’s basketball players and Top 10 coaches was
determined through an on-line fan vote (www.mvc100.org), in-arena ballots and a centennial committee. A total of
7,871 votes were cast for men’s basketball.
Included in the list are
former and current NBA
greats, members of the
Naismith Basketball Hall
of Fame, and Valley Hall
of Famers. A total of
100 former Valley greats (80
players and 20 coaches)
were on the original ballot,
but many more who made
significant contributions to
the game of basketball either
while in the Missouri
Valley Conference or in their
post-collegiate careers were
added as write-ins. Popular
write-in votes included
Illinois State’s Doug
Collins, Evansville’s Jerry
Sloan, and Southern Illinois’
Walt Frazier. (Each has his
number retired at his
respective school, but none
played while their schools
were members of the
Missouri Valley Conference.)

THE “STARTING FIVE”
Larry Bird, Indiana State (1976-79)
Hersey Hawkins, Bradley (1984-88)
Ed Macauley, Saint Louis (1946-49)
Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State (1981-85)
Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1957-60)
Coach: Henry Iba, Oklahoma St. (1934-57)
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MEN’S BASKETBALL (sponsored 1907 to present): Thirty-two difEd
ferent programs have sponsored men’s basketball in the Missouri Valley
Conference. Drake is the longest-tenured member of any with more than
100 seasons as part of the Missouri Valley Conference. Charter members for basketball included Drake, Iowa State,
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Washington (Mo.) University. The Missouri Valley Conference has 11 national championships (NCAA or NIT) in men’s basketball.

MVC MEN’S BASKETBALL
50 GREATEST PLAYERS
Joe Allen, Bradley
Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois
Mitchell Anderson, Bradley
Warren Armstrong, Wichita St.
Butch Beard, Louisville
Benoit Benjamin, Creighton
Larry Bird, Indiana State
Ron Bonham, Cincinnati
Dick Boushka, Saint Louis
Junior Bridgeman, Louisville
Darren Brooks, Southern Illinois
Rodney Buford, Creighton
Antoine Carr, Wichita State
Maurice Cheeks, West Texas St.
Paul Endacott, Kansas
Larry Finch, Memphis
Chad Gallagher, Creighton
Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois
Steve Harris, Tulsa

Bob Harstad, Creighton
Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
Rico Hill, Illinois State
Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
Ben Jacobson, UNI
Lynbert Johnson, Wichita State
Slab Jones, New Mexico State
Kyle Korver, Creighton
Bob Kurland, Oklahoma State
Cliff Levingston, Wichita State
Cleo Littleton, Wichita State
Lewis Lloyd, Drake
Ed Macauley, Saint Louis
Willie McCarter, Drake
Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State
Bob Mattick, Oklahoma State
Gene Melchiorre, Bradley
Danny Moore, Missouri State
Allen Murphy, Louisville
Carl Nicks, Indiana State
Roger Phegley, Bradley
Paul Pressey, Tulsa

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
Ryan Sears, Creighton
Dave Stallworth, Wichita State
Paul Unruh, Bradley
Wes Unseld, Louisville
Chet Walker, Bradley
John S. Williams, Indiana State
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