No, not at all. He had a great year but his team was nowhere near an NCAA bid. You have to have an AA type season to earn MVP when your team is mediocre
The award is for player of the year, not player on the best team of the year, even if that is how it's treated.
Maten did enough to earn it, but I understand why Grant won it. I just disagree with the idea that no one did enough to earn it, so it fell in Grant' s lap, which seems to be your suggestion.