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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4492704, member: 12088"] Good post. I agree especially with your final remark that voters don't just go for the big names. I think they like being able to find someone special in an unusual or overlooked place. I'm wondering about the individual/team stats distinction your propose. It sounds about right to me. Putting up lots of points, for example, for a team that doesn't go very far isn't finally as impressive as being the player a team depends on for big wins even if their individual numbers aren't the best. Clark is in a way the poster girl for this distinction, because she puts up big numbers and has helped her team get through the first couple rounds of the tournament. Latson hasn't shown herself to be this kind of player yet. Of course, even for Clark, there are games in which she scores big and Iowa still loses, which isn't a good look for her... and I think she knows it. In the game against us this year -- which has to count as a big test for any opponent -- Iowa built a big lead in the 3rd quarter, and Clark helped achieve that without scoring much. But then they collapsed in the 4th quarter and she became a non-factor, and tellingly she hit a few big buckets toward the end, but they didn't matter. Not exactly junk points, but also not really big buckets either. What I take from this is that SoS matters, but it's possible to score big against top competition and still not achieve much. [/QUOTE]