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Her Hoop Stats is proud to announce that Becky Hammon (Colorado State, 1995-99) has graciously agreed to be the namesake for our Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. The Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award is the first of its kind and recognizes excellent players in any of the 25 mid-major conferences.

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Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List

15 Student-Athletes Named to HHS Mid-Major Player of the Year Mid-Season Watch List
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Beckie Hammon is certainly a worthy choice to name the award after, but how about Jackie Stiles from MO St?

Stiles was the 1st player in history to score more than 1000 pts in a season, and she was the career scoring leader until her record was broken by Kelsey Plum in 2017.
 
Wait, @CamrnCrz1974 , you're the brains and brawn behind Her Hoop Stats?? How did I not know this??
 
The people on the watch list all look deserving (there are a few I haven't seen play), but I'd like to see a list that includes Alexa Willard and Keri Jewett-Giles.
 
CamrnCrz1974 said:
Her Hoop Stats is proud to announce that Becky Hammon (Colorado State, 1995-99) has graciously agreed to be the namesake for our Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. The Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award is the first of its kind and recognizes excellent players in any of the 25 mid-major conferences.

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Just surprised no one from Gonzaga.
 
mudcat said:
Just surprised no one from Gonzaga.
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The thing is they are so balanced. Their top scorer is Townsend at 12.0 ppg, but they have 4 players who average between 9.5 and 12.0. Kinda similar with their rebounding -- top rebounder has only 6.2 ppg. They'll have probably at least 3 or 4 or the all-WCC team, but no one's stats jump out for national awards.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
Do you consider the other schools in the AAC to be "mid-majors"?
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From the linked page:

"To be eligible for the award and watch lists, players must compete in one of the 25 conferences deemed to be “mid-major”. The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award, and thus ineligible: AAC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC. Players are selected based on their on-court production in the 2019-20 NCAA season."
 
Plebe said:
From the linked page:

"To be eligible for the award and watch lists, players must compete in one of the 25 conferences deemed to be “mid-major”. The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award, and thus ineligible: AAC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC. Players are selected based on their on-court production in the 2019-20 NCAA season."
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Will it go to 26 conferences next year though?
 
maccca3232 said:
Will it go to 26 conferences next year though?
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A fair question.

Certainly in women's basketball, it'll be a weak league with nothing meaningful to distinguish it from traditional mid-majors. But in the sports that drive the bus, not much changes. In football, if anything, it'll be stronger and will remain by far the most significant non-p5 conference. In MBB, which matters to the media far more than WBB, it's frankly not a huge blow in terms of competitiveness.

Ultimately the term mid-major is an unofficial and arbitrary designation, and any decision about its use will rest with the string-pullers in the media. But I don't think their decision will hinge on how competitive the AAC is in WBB.
 
Plebe said:
From the linked page:

"To be eligible for the award and watch lists, players must compete in one of the 25 conferences deemed to be “mid-major”. The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award, and thus ineligible: AAC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC. Players are selected based on their on-court production in the 2019-20 NCAA season."
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Yes, but I was asking UCONN fans about how they consider other members of the AAC.
 
List is missing Kayla Padilla of Penn.
As a freshman sg/pg she is averaging 19.5 ppg
2 Rebounds a game
Shooting 49% overall and 44% from 3
Averages 32 mpg, most on Penn and 2.5 assists a game, 1.5 steals pg
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
Yes, but I was asking UCONN fans about how they consider other members of the AAC.
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What's the definition of a "mid-major"? It's an arbitrary and meaningless label invented by the media.

Technically the AAC is the successor of the old Big East. I suppose that's why the AAC isn't deemed a mid-major by media outlets.

If this is about quality of play, I don't think anyone in the AAC is any worse than Ole Miss or Pitt. And as bad as the conference is this year, South Florida and Temple still managed to give fits to Baylor and South Carolina.
 
I'd love to see Bella win it - nice award for her and great publicity for Princeton and Carla...
 
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