Olympic team....5:45 on Friday....who makes it?

[easttexastrash]

No, no they can and should be seen as very different things. In the case of BG I do think they converge. But if BG ends up in foul trouble and Baylor were to lose someoneelse might win MOP but BG would still likely win an MVP.

So there is both an MVP and MOP of the Final Four?

 

[Icebear]

So there is both an MVP and MOP of the Final Four?

I believe in the past it has been Most Outstanding Player.

 

[easttexastrash]

I believe in the past it has been Most Outstanding Player.

OK. Then I guess I don't understand your explanation that BG could be named the MVP but not MOP since my previous post said FF MVP. So basically, it would be FF MOP. Call it MVP or MOP, it's all the same to me.

 

[Icebear]

OK. Then I guess I don't understand your explanation that BG could be named the MVP but not MOP since my previous post said FF MVP. So basically, it would be FF MOP. Call it MVP or MOP, it's all the same to MVP indicates the person most critical to their team. I suggest that is BG hands down.

MOP might be someone, say Tiff Hayes, who in the two games of the weekend has a pair of 20+ point games with other excellent supporting stats while Griner sits in foul trouble and loses. Griner's value in such a situation might well be demonstrated by her absence as well as her dominance of play when she is on the court but in her absence she was not the most outstanding player of the FF. The Most Outstanding Player would be Hayes who raised her game to lead her team to the championship. Now consider Griner is in that foul trouble in the game against Stanford and Baylor loses against Stanford and Stanford loses in the NC game. Griner's critical value to Baylor would be very accentuated but her play as MOP of the FF not so much if someone puts together two solid games to her one. In other words MVP can be emphasized by both presence and absence but MOP is only revealed by play on the court over the weekend. I hope that helps.