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Message: [QUOTE="southofnorth, post: 3113878, member: 9132"] Please don’t take away from this incredible young lady because Collier or Samuelson was not the winner of this award. Megan proved she can shoot from about 15 feet out (watch Maryland and Michigan State replays for evidence on that) and she did defend as well as any UConn player this year. She is not a shutdown defensive player, but she played solid post defense (watch the Baylor game where she kept Brown to 14 points; less than Brown scored against UConn) and obviously couldn’t play as physical as some players could—mainly because she needed to stay out of foul trouble. Teams played Gustafson more physically than most refs should allow and double or triple teamed her at times. Despite that, she still lead the nation in scoring and field goal percentage. The only thing she could have done better would be to up her assist numbers (which she might have been able to do if she was not scoring option #1,2, & 3 for Iowa). Gustafson lead Iowa to a Big 10 tournament championship and then lead Iowa to the Elite 8. She is a team player and always talked about how her team made it possible for her to have eye popping numbers. As much as we all love Collier and Samuelson, having the award go to Gustafson is just as good and she deserves it for all she has done for her program this year. [/QUOTE]