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browns said:
Disagree..this is picked by the other coaches in the league..they know what they see..she is the better on ball defender..too many times players have driven by Griffin for an easy layup..Nika will foul someone before she lets them get by for a layup
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Who are you going to believe, 9 Big East coaches with many years experience, or a highly opinionated UConn fan?

BTW, do we know all the voting? Perhaps Aubrey was runnerup in the voting, although I doubt it.
 
How the teams have performed in the BigEast this year I have no issues with who was recognized for awards.

It promoting the BigEast for goodness sake.

However, I'll not be telling my wife that Aubrey only got an Honorable Mention. She has already informed me that Aubrey should be the team MVP when I told her about the vote MVP thread.
 
Majic Hands said:
However, I'll not be telling my wife that Aubrey only got an Honorable Mention. She has already informed me that Aubrey should be the team MVP when I told her about the vote MVP thread.
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Why????
 
Aluminny69 said:
Who are you going to believe, 9 Big East coaches with many years experience, or a highly opinionated UConn fan?

BTW, do we know all the voting? Perhaps Aubrey was runnerup in the voting, although I doubt it.
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Depends on which highly opinionated fan
 
meyers7 said:
Why????
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:eek:
My wife is of the opinion that Aubrey "IS" UConn. I've already suffered her wrath when upon sharing the MVP voting thread with her this morning. :)
 
CONNCAN said:
Wonderful News (but Aubrey should have been selected at the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year)
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Can't argue with any of the selections, but like others have mentioned, I believe first team should be only five players, by position, because that is what a first team would normally be made up of (ol' school mentality, sorry). Also, although Aubrey is a sensational defender overall, Geno has pulled her numerous times for missing defensive assignments or not closing out on shooters. Nika is consistently in her opponents face, and never backs down. Just my opinion.
 
Majic Hands said:
:eek:
My wife is of the opinion that Aubrey "IS" UConn. I've already suffered her wrath when upon sharing the MVP voting thread with her this morning. :)
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Huh, well I guess everyone has their own opinion. :rolleyes:
 
The BE coaches probably voted for Nika because no other player gets their block knocked off more than she does.
Nika is like one of those Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

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CONNCAN said:
Love Nika, but they made the WRONG CHOICE for this award. The Award should have gone to AUBREY GRIFFIN - Hands Down/No Doubt. (Gino should have lobbied harder for Aubrey for this award)
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I would suggest, she did not play enough.
 
CONNCAN said:
We all know that for these kind of post season awards, allot of it is "Political" in nature and the other 9 coaches talk with the Head Coaches of the players that they are considering to see which one's they (the Head Coach) would want to be placed up, in lieu of another of their players, for any given award. - It's not like the Sportswriters Votes for Post Season Awards, where there is mostly ZERO Politicking going on. PS - When UCONN played all of the Big East Teams this season, what UCONN player was "Primarily" (not saying 'Exclusively') placed on the opponents BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER? (ex: Maddy Siegrist, etc, etc). It certainly wasn't Nika Muhl. But rather Aubrey Griffin.
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This is not true at all. Go back and actually watch the games. Siegrist and Morrow are the two best ACTIVE offensive players in the BE. Edwards played 26 and 32 minutes in the two DePaul games and 40 and 37 in the two Villanova games. For every minute AE was on the floor, other than transition plays, she started every single possession as the exclusive defender on those two players until a switch was forced. In the most recent Villanova game, when covering her head to head, she gave up only 9 of Siegrist's 21 pts playing those 37 minutes. Edwards is who Auriemma trusts against the iron.
 
CONNCAN said:
We all know that for these kind of post season awards, allot of it is "Political" in nature and the other 9 coaches talk with the Head Coaches of the players that they are considering to see which one's they (the Head Coach) would want to be placed up, in lieu of another of their players, for any given award. - It's not like the Sportswriters Votes for Post Season Awards, where there is mostly ZERO Politicking going on. PS - When UCONN played all of the Big East Teams this season, what UCONN player was "Primarily" (not saying 'Exclusively') placed on the opponents BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER? (ex: Maddy Siegrist, etc, etc). It certainly wasn't Nika Muhl. But rather Aubrey Griffin.
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WRONG, it was Nika that shut the other teams best guard down. Most of the time when Nika's "man" scored it was becuz Nika had gotten screened off and ended up guarding the biggest player on the other team and she did a GREAT job of that too.
Dont even go there at Aubrey was better. She wasnt...NO ONE in the Big East was as dominate of a defender as Nika.
 
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