Not a big surprise considering the Missouri State Bears went 23-7 and won the regular season title for the first time in school history, but it is another first for the program, Cuonzo Martin has been named Missouri Valley Coach of the year..
He received 27 of a possible 40 first-place tallies and 102 total points to outdistance Indiana State’s Greg Lansing in the voting. Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall was third in the balloting, conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors.
