Cam Whitmore Big East Freshman of the Year

[JT-55]

Villanova freshman Cam Whitmore named top Big East freshman

Cam Whitmore was named the top freshman in the Big East Wednesday, hours before the conference tournament was set to begin.

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Robbery in my opinion

 

[NowInStorrs]

Not that unexpected but Karaban deserved it.

 

[Kembacity]

I think we all smelled this in the air but it’s still total BS

 

[husky429]

I can understand why they gave it to him, but IMO Karaban is the better player and deserved it.

 

[August_West]

Now that is highway robbery.

 

[Chin Diesel]

We all knew there would be enough of a split vote amongst the two UConn guys.

 

[August_West]

Whitmore is a very nice player. See ya, and take that absolute gift of a trophy you got to the NBA with you. We will just be content to bring back the real Freshman of the year to terrorize all you idiot coaches next year.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I can understand why they gave it to him, but IMO Karaban is the better player and deserved it.

More bulletin board material for AK.

 

[NotADime89]

AK is going to put on a show this week at MSG!

 

[August_West]

We all knew there would be enough of a split vote amongst the two UConn guys.

I love Clingan and his future, and his wildly exceeding of expectations this year, but not one coach should've put him on FOTY award. He didnt play enough. And his league play was great for who he is but not really anything that would compete for FOTY.
This was all Karaban.

 

[Kenny11]

Caravan robbed

 

[navery12]

Do they release the voting for this or just the winner?

 

[Marat]

That will be extra motivation for him.

Watch out!

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'd rather have Karaban than Whitmore this year and clearly Karaban will be super valuable to us after this season, but I think it's fair.

Karaban: 9.7p, 4.4r, 1.9a, 1.7 3PM, 56.5 2p%, 39.4 3p%, 82.5 ft%, 0.6s, 0.6b

Whitmore: 12.6p, 5.1r, 0.7a, 1.4 3PM, 55.7 2p%, 34.7 3p%, 73.3 ft%, 1.4s, 0.4b

I think part of it is Villanova was 2-5 without Whitmore.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I love Clingan and his future, and his wildly exceeding of expectations this year, but not one coach should've put him on FOTY award. He didnt play enough. And his league play was great for who he is but not really anything that would compete for FOTY.
This was all Karaban.

Not disagreeing with you, but we still knew it would happen.

 

[ucp990411]

Bulletin board material for Andre (not even honorable mention) and now Karaban.

 

[HooperScooper]

Very lame. The stats may lean towards Whitmore slightly but Karaban had much more influence on a much more successful team. How did Karaban win so many FOTW awards compared to Whitmore and then not win the FOY award? Makes no sense to me. Didn't Karaban win 6 and Whitmore 2 (or was it 3?)?

Chip on the shoulder going into the BET.

 

[huskyjawz]

This was the best NBA prospect award.

 

[PlayItLeo]

So this award has essentially been reduced to a points per game accolade... total BS.

 

[PNolanFan]

Whitmore is a great young player but I will take Karaban, he wont care about this in 2 years when he wins conference player of the year as a junior

 

[BGesus4]

Caravan robbed

 

[husky429]

Having heard Alex speak a lot, I bet this bothers him for about 30 seconds before he's back in the gym working on his game. Winning > any individual award.

 

[August_West]

Whitmore is a great young player but I will take Karaban, he wont care about this in 2 years when he wins conference player of the year as a junior

And is playing to break Olander and Napiers 2 ring threshold.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Alex Karaban: Big East Player of the Tournament incoming

 

[uconngb]

We all knew there would be enough of a split vote amongst the two UConn guys.

Still don't understand this logic. Are you saying that whoever voted for Clingan was only necessarily voting between Clingan and Karaban? Or vice versa? Doesn't make any sense. Or that there was default voting for Whitmore because voters couldn't make up their minds between Clingan and Karaban? That doesn't make any sense either.