Cam Whitmore Big East Freshman of the Year

[CTBasketball]

 

[Jaydumo20]

When AK was winning freshman of the week, week after week, we were crushing team after team. I thought of his awards then as a nice cherry on top. I don't care about those awards one iota when we are playing like we have been. Enjoy it CAM. I mean that

 

[giddyup]

Screw job. Let’s wreak devastation on the BE this week.

 

[auror]

Of course, the better player with better numbers won.

Didn't look like the better player or have better numbers either time they played each other.

 

[auror]

And really, it depends if you look at good numbers or just "who took more shot" numbers.

Minutes-weighted luck-adjusted RAPM. RAPM is adjusted for teammates.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Karaban and Whitmore were unanimous selections to the freshman team.

You only need one or two Whitmore voters voters to vote Whitmore one, Clingan two and Karaban three as compared to Karaban voters going Karaban, Whitmore and Clingan.

It's obvious it was a two person race overall so it came down to a small number of voters who didn't put Karaban second.

I doubt anybody voted Clingan 2. People keep mentioning this but there was no split vote because only two guys were even in the conversation. They picked the guy who looks like an NBA player instead of the guy who looks like a superb college player. I'd vote Karaban, but they clearly gave Whitmore credit for time off as if he played.

 

[M.S.G.]

Obviously furious about this - but I think it's just another piece of bulletin board material.. Time to crush some souls in the Garden.

 

[JB75]

Wow, we’re going to have a chip on our shoulder- kolek gets player of the year over sanogo - whitmore gets freshman of the year over Karaban after Karaban outplayed him in both meetings, and Kalkbrenner comically gets defensive player of the year over Jackson -love it.

 

[ElGreco]

The overall production from Whitmore is higher because he was relied on a little more to take shots and get defensive rebounds, but the efficiency of Karaban was better due to better shooting percentages, more assists, and less turnovers. Hence Whitmore's PER was higher, but Karaban's efficency rating was much higher on offense and equal to Whitmore on defense.

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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.

Yeah baby, yeah it’s not all about scoring average. My guess is Karaban played more games and was not the first option as was the hyped Whitmore ?

 

[HooperScooper]

Of course he wanted it. I just mean he doesn't strike me as the type to be bothered by it and let it affect his game.

Oh I hope it affects his game. In a positive way.

 

[Edward Sargent]

My 2 cents is Alex isn’t an ESPN highlight reel.

 

[SoFla Steve]

Even Friar fans are posting that Alex got robbed!

 

[coachn]

Take it out on the BE starting tomorrow.

 

[gsmooth]

Oh I hope it affects his game. In a positive way.

Like it affected Kemba when he didn't get BEPOY in 2011.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

There’s the guy with the higher ceiling, and then there’s the guy who played better on the season as a whole. I thought that was what the award was about.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

I’ll be looking out for Karaban’s point spread on prize picks tomorrow.

 

[gtcam]

Wow, we’re going to have a chip on our shoulder- kolek gets player of the year over sanogo - whitmore gets freshman of the year over Karaban after Karaban outplayed him in both meetings, and Kalkbrenner comically gets defensive player of the year over Jackson -love it.

Kolek over AS is not a surprise at all. If you can look at his numbers and still insist Kolek didn’t deserve it, you have no idea what you are looking at. TBH, I would choose Hawk over AS this season,

 

[Edward Sargent]

Here’s how I look at it. Nova has Cam, Marquette has Kolek, Creighton has Kalk, but we have all three second placers on our team!!

 

[EastConn'er]

The curse of Marc Dowdell continues....
Honestly, it's no big deal. They both played well.

 

[REB1094]

I disagree, but I don't think it's a crazy stretch to have Whitmore. He had a great year, is top 10 bound for the NBA. Good branding to give it to your star instead of the quietly solid guy

Hope Andre and AK use the "snubs" as fuel this week to destroy the rest of the BE

 

[Edward Sargent]

I disagree, but I don't think it's a crazy stretch to have Whitmore. He had a great year, is top 10 bound for the NBA. Good branding to give it to your star instead of the quietly solid guy

Hope Andre and AK use the "snubs" as fuel this week to destroy the rest of the BE

He had a good year not great

 

[TerryBoyz]

If he was so good Villanova wouldn’t be playing Wednesday night.

 

[auror]

Appropriate caveats about Georgetown aside, Whitmore was really good tonight. 19 and 10. 8/11 field. 3/5 from 3.
Couple sick dunks, including this one where he almost hit his head on the rim.

 

[HooperScooper]

Appropriate caveats about Georgetown aside, Whitmore was really good tonight. 19 and 10. 8/11 field. 3/5 from 3.
Couple sick dunks, including this one where he almost hit his head on the rim.

He was really good tonight. No question. If he was doing that most of the season nobody on here would be complaining about him getting BE FOY. Just like nobody on here, except a couple real homers, are complaining about Kolek getting BE POY.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Appropriate caveats about Georgetown aside, Whitmore was really good tonight. 19 and 10. 8/11 field. 3/5 from 3.
Couple sick dunks, including this one where he almost hit his head on the rim.

Great player. I would say probably the second best freshman in the conference