CBSSports National Player Of The Year Candidates

[aceboon]

Bazz #1

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...top-10-national-player-of-the-year-candidates

1. Shabazz Napier

UConn

G | 6-1 | Sr.

Why he's here: UConn's do-everything senior has been consistently terrific in a variety of ways. He's averaging a team-best 15.3 points, a team-best 7.0 rebounds and a team-best 5.9 assists for the undefeated Huskies, and he famously hit the game-winner against Florida. In other words, Napier is a statistically great player who is impacting winning for a nationally relevant team. That's enough to make him deserving of this spot.

 

[nomar]

That must have been painful for Parrish to write.

 

[Deleted member 3149]

You know shabazz is legit when cbs writers have him at #1

 

[art4life]

Wow. Well, we all know he's #1 on that list.
Glad to see the rest of the world finally caught on...

 

[Huskybass]

Bazz has been outstanding this season and last season. He is very deserving of all american and player of the year consideration. There isn't a guard in the country I would rather have; he is that good.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Congrats to 'Bazz for the mid season recognition. Of course, I know he'd trade in any individual accolades for the trophy at the end of the year for a nice 6 game winning streak...

 

[caw]

Who would be the second best PG in the country (Smart is a combo)?

 

[Gurleyman]

Who would be the second best PG in the country (Smart is a combo)?

Depends on who you are ruling out for being a combo. I'd say Jahii Carson from Arizona State, but he's a scorer first and passer second. Pangos from Gonzaga is a stud, but he's more of a combo with little Stockton next to him as more of a pure point. You'll get some votes here and there for Chaz Williams at UMass, Joe Jackson at Memphis or Aaron Craft. There's also a kid at LIU (named Brickman - an unfortunate surname for a basketball player) who is averaging 10 assists, which if he keeps that up, would put him in rare air in the college level. Last one to do that for a whole season was Avery Johnson (I think).

 

[Kitaman]

Perhaps the best 15 ppg player we've ever had. Which by the way makes him so awesome, he's not looking to put up gawdy numbers (20+) to enhance his profile, even though he easily could. So unselfish!