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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2007047, member: 6927"] Nothing is a lock at this point in the season, but Kelsey Plum is about as close to a lock for NPOY as one could be in January without being on the #1 team in the country. Last year she was robbed, IMO, when she was named only to 3rd team AA. This was Tara VanDerveer's take at the time: [INDENT]Speaking of which, VanDerveer is still chagrined that the Pac-12 doesn’t get enough credit, although she hopes that having Oregon State and Washington reach the Final Four might change people’s perceptions. She was miffed that the Huskies’ Kelsey Plum was only a third-team AP All-American. “You can’t guard her,” VanDerveer said. “They just don’t understand West Coast basketball.” Despite being the top conference in collective RPI, the Pac-12 “just doesn’t have much credibility,” she said. During the season, she heard ESPN analyst [URL='http://www.sfgate.com/search/?action=search&channel=collegesports&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Carolyn+Peck%22']Carolyn Peck[/URL] say, “The Pac-12’s got the best RPI, but I don’t believe that. I go by the eye test.”[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]