EOY predictions

[Vowelguy]

SEC - Booker / Brooks / Blakes
BiG - Juju / Gottlieb / Swords (or Cambridge)
ACC - Latson / Ivey / Fournier
B12 - Prince? / Campbell / ??
Bge - paige / Geno / strong


I had Close all year for BiG COY but those 2 losses to USC ….
B12 could be Prince, Hailey Van Lith, Sundell
Personally for BE coy I’d go with the Marquette coach but I don’t think she did well enough to win
Yes I think they’ll give the edge to Latson over Hannah tho I wouldn’t

 

[LETTERL]

Ivey had a roster of future WNBA stars on her roster and finished second. It's easy to be successful with that much talent. NC State had to start from scratch in the frontcourt with freshmen...and they improved steadily throughout the season. Wes Moore should be ACC COY.

And as much as I hate to say it...Courtney "Big Gym" Banghart had to maneuver a difficult schedule without her best player toward the end of the season. I'd give her the nod before Ivey, too.

 

[Ladeeeeda]

SEC - Booker / Brooks / Blakes
BiG - Juju / Gottlieb / Swords (or Cambridge)
ACC - Latson / Ivey / Fournier
B12 - Prince? / Campbell / ??
Bge - paige / Geno / strong


I had Close all year for BiG COY but those 2 losses to USC ….
B12 could be Prince, Hailey Van Lith, Sundell
Personally for BE coy I’d go with the Marquette coach but I don’t think she did well enough to win
Yes I think they’ll give the edge to Latson over Hannah tho I wouldn’t

Wes better be COY in the ACC. No question.

 

[Vowelguy]

Ivey had a roster of future WNBA stars on her roster and finished second. It's easy to be successful with that much talent. NC State had to start from scratch in the frontcourt with freshmen...and they improved steadily throughout the season. Wes Moore should be ACC COY.

And as much as I hate to say it...Courtney "Big Gym" Banghart had to maneuver a difficult schedule without her best player toward the end of the season. I'd give her the nod before Ivey, too.

Thanks for the ACC insight
When they were on target for undefeated Ivey seemed the natural choice. But those late 2 losses ….

 

[oldhusky]

Despite Latson's numbers which are as impressive as anyone, I don't see her ahead of Hildago who many sources were calling a national player of the year favorite. She and the team had a rough couple of games but I suspect in the conference it is her title to lose. She also has the advantage of being considered a great two way player. Hanna will make some all defensive teams as well.

 

[FanInNC]

I could see it going either way for ACC POY. Latson does lead the nation in scoring and she does it efficiently. Thats hard to ignore. She outplayed Hidalgo head to head as well and HH wasn’t at her best down the stretch whereas Latson was still playing very very well …. Until yesterday. 3-21 from the field against Duke is rough. If she dropped in something like 9-21 or better and had 20+ I’d probably argue harder for her. But that was a really bad showing and it’s a hairsplitting race.

I agree with others that Wes should be COY. I know Wesbeld missed the first half of the season, but ND is loaded with future pros and got a stud transfer double double machine in King. While State has talent at guard, Weimar missing the entire season and piecing it together with relatively unknown freshmen at the 5 is pretty impressive.

 

[maple]

Paige and Sarah are locks for BE POY & FOY, in my humble opinion. Geno should probably win COY, but the Marquette coach has really done a remarkable job, all things considered, and I wouldn't be surprised if she gets the nod instead. Don't think Geno would disagree either.

Close should not get COY after two losses to USC and Wes should definitely win for ACC.

 

[Stagnant]

Player of the year: Paige. I would vote for Sarah. Here are some advanced analytics that support that:



Additionally, I think she is the best defensive player in the conference. That tips the vote in her favor imo. But Paige will win. My personal preference aside.

 

[BigTenGuy]

BIG-JuJu - will it be unanimous POY?

FOY-Olivia Olson, leading frosh scorer in conference play and higher eFG% than Swords and Cambridge

 

[triaddukefan]

If Ivey gets ACC coach of the year.... We leaving at dawn to walk to the coliseum to protest.

 

[DefenseBB]

SEC Morrow/Brooks/Blakes. I get the best player on the best team thought but what Morrow statistically has done, dwarfs Booker in terms of both efficiency and win shares.
Big Ten- Watkins/Gottlieb/Olsen. Olivia Olson is on the same team as Swords and has outperformed her in both efficiency and win shares.
Big 12- Prince/Campbell/Gibb. Delaney Gibb has been the lone bright spot for BYU and frankly for any homegrown talent in a conference known solely for all it's transfers in. 17.1 pts per game, 16.1 Efficiency, 2.1 Win shares (as of last week)
ACC-Hidalgo/Ivey/Fournier. Latson made a good run at a race seemingly owned by Hannah but alas she faltered last night badly. Toby Fournier has been great offensively for a poor offensive Duke team. When will Kara actually put her in the starting lineup?
Big East- Bueckers/Geno/Strong.

 

[jdote33]

I kinda get it and I may be bias after watching her a lot on her recent run but Katie dinnebier not being a finalist is kind of a insane to me. She averages more points than any one in the list. She averages more assist than anyone on the list. She's only less efficient than Paige.

 

[FanInNC]

SEC Morrow/Brooks/Blakes. I get the best player on the best team thought but what Morrow statistically has done, dwarfs Booker in terms of both efficiency and win shares.
Big Ten- Watkins/Gottlieb/Olsen. Olivia Olson is on the same team as Swords and has outperformed her in both efficiency and win shares.
Big 12- Prince/Campbell/Gibb. Delaney Gibb has been the lone bright spot for BYU and frankly for any homegrown talent in a conference known solely for all it's transfers in. 17.1 pts per game, 16.1 Efficiency, 2.1 Win shares (as of last week)
ACC-Hidalgo/Ivey/Fournier. Latson made a good run at a race seemingly owned by Hannah but alas she faltered last night badly. Toby Fournier has been great offensively for a poor offensive Duke team. When will Kara actually put her in the starting lineup?
Big East- Bueckers/Geno/Strong.

I know this drum has been beaten on this thread already...but just to reiterate ND was preseason 5th in one poll and 6th in the other. They were preseason 1st in the conference with 70 of 78 possible 1st place votes. ND had 2 players on the "New Comer Watchlist" out of 5. They had the preseason player of the year in the conference. Preseason defensive player of the year in the conference. And they featured 3 players on the preseason All Conference team (3 of the top 6 vote getters in fact Citron, Hidalgo and Miles).

In addition to all of this they also returned the highest vote receiving 2nd team All Conference performer from last year (Westbeld) AND brought in a first team All Conference player from Pitt (King).

Their entire starting line up is filled with former All Conference players. That's insane! All 5 spots! I'm not sure why Ivey should win COY considering the talent she has on her team and the fact she didn't outright win the conference this year. The only argument I can see is if you are saying she recruited that team and amassed that talent and the award isn't about coaching during the season but rather roster construction and team building as well as coaching. Then I could see it, but I'd think it would also always go to the league's best team (which...still wasn't the Irish).

I think you could make an argument for Charmin Smith of Cal. The Bears were projected 14th in the league and finished 12-6 in 7th place. She very much outperformed expectations and teetered around the back end of the top 25 most of the season when I don't think anyone really had them as a tournament team going into the year. I think Courtney Banghart has an argument that could be made, although I certainly won't be making it! I'll be disappointed if Wes Moore doesn't get it though. State was preseason 2nd in the conference and 9th overall and that was with the assumption Caitlyn Weimar would be healthy and starting all season long. She played 0 minutes. If the projections would have known that, I'd imagine State would have been more like in the 4-5 range in the conference projections and 20ish overall.

I just don't think you can make the argument that Ivey maximized her talent with the way they faltered at the end.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Ivey had a roster of future WNBA stars on her roster and finished second. It's easy to be successful with that much talent. NC State had to start from scratch in the frontcourt with freshmen...and they improved steadily throughout the season. Wes Moore should be ACC COY.

The bolded part is flawed thinking, IMO. Niele Ivey isn't my choice for COY anymore (Wes is), but she did have a solid case until last week. In the preseason, there were legit concerns about Notre Dame's ability to (1) stay healthy, (2) navigate the ACC without a true big (people forget that Kylee Watson did not play a minute for them this season due to an ACL suffered during the 2024 ACC Tourney), and (3) integrate Olivia Miles back into the fold after she missed all of 2023-24 with an ACL injury suffered in February 2023. She was able to address these concerns and produce a successful season through her coaching (managing rotations, minutes, and expectations). No, it's not what it could have been and maybe not what it should have been. However, they were a double overtime loss from being the 1 seed (and her likely winning the award).

And we're not going to pretend that NC State is somehow bereft of talent. Let's not do that, please. Wes is a good coach that has exceptional talent. None of the teams that I cheer for in the conference have a Saniya Rivers/Aziaha James/Zoe Brooks trio on the perimeter.

And as much as I hate to say it...Courtney "Big Gym" Banghart had to maneuver a difficult schedule without her best player toward the end of the season. I'd give her the nod before Ivey, too.

No, not a chance. They (UNC) were picked to finish 6th in the conference and finished 5th. They are who we thought they'd be.

The two coaches who should warrant consideration (not necessarily win the award) along with Wes would be the coaches who led teams that had the highest differential from preseason prediction to actual production. Those coaches would be Charmin Smith (from preseason 14 to 7th place) and Megan Duffy (from preseason 12 to 8th place). Charmin's team was essentially an afterthought by ACC voters despite being senior/grad-laden (and their success in postseason last year) while Megan took "Kenny Brooks' leftovers" and turned Carleigh Wenzel (from 3 ppg in ACC play in 2024 to 16 ppg in ACC play in 2025) and Carys Baker (from 2 ppg in ACC play in 2024 to 15 ppg on 51/49/81 shooting splits in ACC play in 2025) into ACC stars.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Wes better be COY in the ACC. No question.

He has a strong case, but others (Smith, Duffy) can be and should be considered as well.

 

[WBBTakeover]

If Ivey gets ACC coach of the year.... We leaving at dawn to walk to the coliseum to protest.

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Easy, tiger. She's not going to win (and shouldn't).

 

[WBBTakeover]

Despite Latson's numbers which are as impressive as anyone, I don't see her ahead of Hildago who many sources were calling a national player of the year favorite. She and the team had a rough couple of games but I suspect in the conference it is her title to lose. She also has the advantage of being considered a great two way player. Hanna will make some all defensive teams as well.

Agreed. Latson didn't show up yesterday for FSU (and she, like Hidalgo, missed time with injury) at a critical time, so I would imagine that she lost her shot at it. I don't expect Hannah to win it unanimously, but I do expect her to beat out Latson by a healthy margin. The DPOY race might be closer--between Hannah and Makayla Timpson.

 

[Rowdy831]

SEC - Booker / Brooks / Blakes
BiG - Juju / Gottlieb / Swords (or Cambridge)
ACC - Latson / Ivey / Fournier
B12 - Prince? / Campbell / ??
Bge - paige / Geno / strong


I had Close all year for BiG COY but those 2 losses to USC ….
B12 could be Prince, Hailey Van Lith, Sundell
Personally for BE coy I’d go with the Marquette coach but I don’t think she did well enough to win
Yes I think they’ll give the edge to Latson over Hannah tho I wouldn’t

I think Paige will win the POY but Sarah should be a strong second and runaway for FPOY. Geno has the best players in the country so it is hard to give him the award so I might go with the coach at Creighton for that one. Latson has had a good year but she isn't going to push HH down and Ivy has had a couple good wins but really the 4 losses to me have been not so good. Big Ten I agree, SEC I think I would lean toward Morrow for POY and Vic as COY. Big 12 I don't really pay attention to so I can't comment on that one.