March 1, 2010
NORMAL, Ill. -
Illinois State's Osiris Eldridge and Rico Hill were named two of the top-10 players in State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship history Monday by a vote of the league's fans.
In a two-month, online voting campaign sponsored by AT&T Real Yellow Pages, Missouri Valley Conference fans selected from a list of 58 State Farm MVC Men's Basketball Championship all-tournament team choices to determine the top-10 players in Arch Madness history since the first St. Louis-based tournament was played at Kiel Auditorium in 1991.
Eldridge, who was the only active player on the list, became only the second player in tournament history to earn the Most Outstanding Player award for a team that did not win the title when he received the honor last season. In addition to being on the all-tournament team last season, Eldridge was also selected to the 2008 all-tournament team.
Hill received the Most Outstanding Player Award in 1997, and was voted to the all-tournament team twice, in 1997 and 1998.
Joining Eldridge and Hill were Kyle Korver (Creighton), Nate Funk (Creighton), Rodney Buford (Creighton), Ryan Sears (Creighton), Chris Carr (Southern Illinois), Anthony Parker (Bradley), Marcus Timmons (Southern Illinois) and Jamaal Tatum (Southern Illinois). Korver was named the most outstanding player of the 20-year team.
Vignettes on the All-Tournament Team members will be shown on the video board at Scottrade Center during the 2010 State Farm MVC Men's Basketball Championship on Thursday-Sunday, March 4-7. For tickets, visit www.archmadness.com or call TicketMaster at (314) 241-1888.
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