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Champaign, Ill. — When it comes to the top point guards in the Big Ten, Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Michigan State’s Cassius Winston are among the first names to pop up.
When it comes to the top overall player in the conference, one could make a case for Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ, Nebraska’s James Palmer Jr., Indiana’s Romeo Langford, Edwards and Winston, among others.
Illinois coach Brad Underwood would put one player at the top of both categories: Michigan's Zavier Simpson.
“Zavier Simpson, in my opinion, is the MVP of the league to this point just simply because if you took him away from their team, you saw what happened when they took him out,” Underwood said following Michigan’s 79-69 win Thursday at State Farm Center.