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Geno on COY watch list

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  • Geno Auriemma, UConn
  • Jennie Baranczyk, Oklahoma
  • Kim Barnes-Arico, Michigan
  • Carla Berube, Princeton
  • Cori Close, UCLA
  • Krista Gerlich, Texas Tech
  • Jan Jensen, Iowa
  • Kara Lawson Duke
  • Kevin McGuff, Ohio State
  • Kim Mulkey, LSU
  • Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt
  • Tammi Reiss, Rhode Island
  • Vic Schaefer, Texas
  • Dawn Staley, South Carolina
  • Jeff Walz, Louisville

It's Shea's year.

For conference coach of the year, quite the battle in B1G.
 
Shea, then Cori.
Don’t know where to put this: underrated player of the year, Cotie McMahon. Nobody wants Ole Miss in a sweet sixteen or elite 8 matchup. UConn gots history with her and Ohio State.
 
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Puppy Love said:
Agree. Mine are Shea, Tammi and Kara, in that order.
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I think I’d have the same three, not sure the order.

Has a coach from a mid major ever won?

Have two college teammates (Tammi/Dawn, in different years) ever won?
 
I don't recall when the COY award is made, after the NCAAT or before. If UConn is undefeated and still has its nation-leading rankings in several statistical categories at the time the award is voted on, I think Geno will win.

If UConn is not undefeated at that time, I'd say Close.

Ralph will be in the top mix, but a lot depends on how many games Vandy loses.

Hmm . . . I guess I just said it all depends on how many games each team loses.
 
Vowelguy said:
Full list
  • Geno Auriemma, UConn
  • Jennie Baranczyk, Oklahoma
  • Kim Barnes-Arico, Michigan
  • Carla Berube, Princeton
  • Cori Close, UCLA
  • Krista Gerlich, Texas Tech
  • Jan Jensen, Iowa
  • Kara Lawson Duke
  • Kevin McGuff, Ohio State
  • Kim Mulkey, LSU
  • Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt
  • Tammi Reiss, Rhode Island
  • Vic Schaefer, Texas
  • Dawn Staley, South Carolina
  • Jeff Walz, Louisville

It's Shea's year.

For conference coach of the year, quite the battle in B1G.
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Write in Dawn Plitzoweit of Minnesota
 
I think it's likely between Ralph, Geno, and Close at this point with Gerlich having an outside shot. Ralph is the front runner if Vandy can stay top 6-7 the rest of the way. They were #19 preseason and have catapulted up the rankings and stayed there all year.

Geno's team is undefeated which statistically bodes well for his chances. In his 10 undefeated regular seasons he's won COY 6 times. Of the 4x he lost, 3x it was to a coach who also had an undefeated regular season. Not to mention most of the other coaches who've had undefeated regular seasons earned COY honors (Pat in 1998, Kim Mulkey in 2012, Banghart in 2015, and Dawn in 2023/2024).

Close deserves major props for leading UCLA to a 1 loss season with a tough non-conference and a (likely) undefeated Big Ten season. I could see her with a strong case to win after winning a year ago.

Gerlich could win but I think she's on the outside looking in since Tech is outside the top 15 and COY almost always goes to a coach from a top team.
 
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I can't see Geno winning the award. If the selection committee could snub him when he took an injury ravaged team to within one shot of the NC game he won't win it this year either.

I like Shea's chances. The turnaround she's made at Vanderbilt is COY worthy.
 
Bigboote said:
I think I’d have the same three (Ralph, Reiss, Lawson), not sure the order.

Has a coach from a mid major ever won?

Have two college teammates (Tammi/Dawn, in different years) ever won?
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AFter last night delete Tammi Reiss (Rhody bad loss) and insert Dawn Plitzuwheit (Minnesota top-ten win).
 
Kat said:
COY should be the coach of the team that wins the NC.
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There's already an award for that. But Geno should be in the running, losing the best player in the country and a starting point guard to
graduation, and standing undefeated at present.
 
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