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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4475657, member: 2117"] Boston's just a dominant force down low and has proven to be a top player in the country the last several years. SC is the clear cut #1 team, and in big games she's shown up. I don't think there's any doubt she's among the top 2-3 players in the country even if the stats aren't there. She also anchors the best defense and best rebounding team in the country which can't be overlooked. I think it'd be silly to argue that any other post is better than Aliyah based on non-conference numbers when we've seen Boston dominate competition for several years now, and her team is clear cut #1 (and thriving) even if she's not taking on as prominent of a role (yet). Agree on Kelly/Williams/Cooke not deserving their spots. Kelly likely got the nod for wanting NC representation even though her abysmal FG% brings her down. Cooke's numbers aren't there, and she's really struggled shooting against quality teams this year (5-19, 4-14, and 3-13 vs ranked foes). She likely gets the nod for wanting SC to get multiple players on there even though if you look at her contributions, they are far from top 25 player material. UCONN's starting 5 have nice stats, but they're also gaudy because they're playing 30-35 minutes a night, where other programs are resting their starters a lot more. For example, no one on SC is playing more than 23 minutes per game and no one is playing over 28.5 for Stanford. Also worth noting, UCONN's offense is potent but their defense is statistically far below the standard for a traditional UCONN team. They're giving up 67 per game which is probably the highest figure in the last 30+ years at UCONN. If a team can score a lot of points but they aren't playing good defense nor proving to be a top 5 team, I don't think they deserve 4-5 spots on a top 25 player list due to gaudy offensive numbers. Just my opinion. Agree about players like Mikulasikova and Czinano deserving spots on this list. If Fudd makes the list playing 7 games, I also think Jacy Sheldon should be on the list for OSU as she's week to week, and would potentially be in the POY conversation if healthy. [/QUOTE]

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