MilfordHusky
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I have a problem with 1 award: DPOY. Nika deserved a third.
All the starters had a recognition, I enjoy thisAll-BIG EAST First Team
Paige Bueckers, UConn, R-Jr., G*
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn, Sr., F*
Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Sr., G*
Morgan Maly, Creighton, Sr., G/F
Emma Ronsiek, Creighton, Sr., F*
Kelsey Ransom, Georgetown, Sr., G
Liza Karlen, Marquette, Sr., F*
Unique Drake, St. John’s, R-Sr., G*
Azana Baines, Seton Hall, Grad., G/F
Lucy Olsen, Villanova, Jr., G*
All-BIG EAST Second Team
Caroline Strande, Butler, Sr., G
Nika Mühl, UConn, Sr., G
Anaya Peoples, DePaul, Grad., G
Jordan King, Marquette, Sr., G
Olivia Olsen, Providence, Jr., F
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
Ashlynn Shade, UConn, Fr., G
Mackenzie Hare, Marquette, So., G
Jillian Archer, St. John’s, Grad., F
Christina Dalce, Villanova, Jr., F
BIG EAST All-Freshman Team^
Riley Makalusky, Butler, Fr., G/F
KK Arnold, UConn, Fr., G*
Ashlynn Shade, UConn, Fr., G*
Savannah Catalon, Seton Hall, Fr., G*
Maddie Webber, Villanova, Fr., G*
Aizhanique Mayo, Xavier, R-Fr., G
I agree with you, another strange thing is Nika on the 2nd team while there are 3 Creighton players on the 1stI have a problem with 1 award: DPOY. Nika deserved a third.
Without really digging into stats, I agree. I've always thought that successfully defending an opponent's top scorer(s) is more valuable than a taller player getting a bunch of blocks. Then again, I may be a bit biased.I have a problem with 1 award: DPOY. Nika deserved a third.
This was also my pipe dream, however the other 10 coaches would have had to align perfectly and split the votes for POY and FOY. All in all though, a successful day!While I congratulate all the winners of the respective awards, I’m not really sure how to feel about these results. On one hand, I’m ecstatic that UConn shone brightly, but on the other hand, I’m a bit disappointed in the results. I was hoping for Co-champions, as in:
Co-FOY — Ashlyn and KK
Co-POY — Aaliyah and Paige
In any event, I’m a Boneyarder who’s happy about UConn’s success! Go Huskies!!
Yes, most definitely!I have a problem with 1 award: DPOY. Nika deserved a third.
And it wasn't surprising, I thinkBoth KK and Ash were unanimous All-Freshman team honorees, as noted by the asterisk *
Who is your avatar by now, please ?Both KK and Ash were unanimous All-Freshman team honorees, as noted by the asterisk *
March is Women’s History Month. My first honoree:Who is your avatar by now, please ?
I feel sorry for the players Nika will be assigned to defend during the BE tournament! Nika will not take this slight lightly.The two selections for DPOY - no. Nika, without question deserved a third DPOY. Might want to ask Unique Drake a few others about Nika's defense.
Since I'm slightly biased, Nika should have been on the first team all big east.
It was a very good article, sad she was recognzed so late, being an intelligent woman a century ago was a sacrilege it seemsMarch is Women’s History Month. My first honoree:
Cecilia Payne: Discoverer of the Chemical Makeup of Stars | AMNH
What are the stars made of? At 25, Cecilia Payne answered this fundamental question in her Ph.D. thesis.www.amnh.org
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Happy for Paige but I’m not gonna lie here, I was hoping POY was going to be Edwards!
Hmm. I thought that you could not vote for your own player? Or is that preseason voting?One of the issues with CoDPOY or CoFOY is that with 11 teams, in order for a tie to occur, at least 3 players have to receive votes. That clearly occurred with DPOY with either a 5/5/1 split or a 4/4/3 split, with Nika likely in 3rd place. With no individual award being unanimous, we can also assume that Aaliyah got some votes for POY and KK got some votes for FOY.
Congratulations to everyone who received recognition. On to the BE tournament.
Actually, it’s 6-5 and taller girls who are rare. A 6-5 tall person has 77 inches of height. Now imagine the percentage of 6-5 women who are elite basketball players - the percentage of the population is tiny. There is no large pool of very tall women capable of playing elite level ball to choose fromScanning the list of the awards I noted that all of the players are listed as guards or forwards. Brianna Scott is the only award winner listed at 6’4” on her team’s roster. Upon further review I saw that there are only about 6 or 7 players in the conference who are listed at 6’4” or taller (including Jana). Bigs are a lot scarcer than I realized.