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Who’s the Valley’s top player? Like the league race, it’s up in the air.

Much like the parity among the teams in this wacky Missouri Valley Conference season, there is no clear-cut favorite when it comes to the league’s Player of the Year.

With three games left in the regular season, it’s a good time to review the top possibilities.

There are at least six players with a legitimate shot at receiving the Larry Bird Trophy depending on how this final week of games plays out — Marques Townes and Cameron Krutwig of Loyola, Nick McGlynn of Drake, Milik Yarbrough of Illinois State, Missouri State’s Tulio Da Silva and Tyreke Key of Indiana State.