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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 3872827, member: 3834"] ESPN is typically dishonest in the way they present the various candidates for player of he year. Yes, they do present Paige as a strong candidate (really, do they have a choice?) but when they talk about one of their two favorites, they gloss over some inconvenient facts. They say Howard has a history of “ coming up big” against the best opponents. Yet, in three of their biggest games this season, Howard went 3/16 with 14 points and 3 boards, (Tenn), 4/13 with 8 points and 7 boards, (Tenn), and 2/11 with 12 points and 6 boards, (South Carolina)! So, in three of their biggest games, she went 9/40 (24%+-) and averaged 10.6 points with 5 boards. Now I think Howard is a great player but this year she has been pretty inconsistent in the big games and that is simply a fact and should be addressed in the story. Some may say it really doesn’t matter and that doesn’t show a bias etc but there are many ways of shading stories and one of them is by omission. Yes, she has a history of coming up big in the toughest games last year (and, to be fair, she did play well in some of their big games this year) but I just think this is another example of how they slant things over there. Finally, they don’t even mention Hillmon, instead touting players who imo should not be in the conversation. Boston, ESPN’s other favorite, has had a pretty disappointing season. I expected her to be really dominant this year and instead she’s been merely good, McDonald is a volume shooter who can’t hit the three consistently, has too many turnovers and not enough assists, Smith is, again, a good player but has not blown us away this year, Collier, dominates the Sisters of the Poor but goes AWOL when they play Baylor. IMO, there really should be only four players in the conversation. Paige, Dana, Naz, and Caitlin. Obviously, I think Paige is a slight favorite over the other three but it would not surprise me to see all of those four split the awards between them. Naz will get one more chance to make a statement before the conference tournament when Michigan faces number 8 Maryland tomorrow. She can really improve her chances with a big game. JMO [/QUOTE]

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