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Paige Bueckers wins WBCA Wade Trophy (merged)

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OK fellow Boneyarders, without looking it up, name the other 6 UConn Huskies who have won the Wade Trophy at least once.

Also for extra credit, name the 2 Huskies that have won the Wade Trophy multiple times, and how many times each has won it.

NO CHEATING!!!! ;)
 
oldude said:
OK fellow Boneyarders, without looking it up, name the other 6 UConn Huskies who have won the Wade Trophy at least once.

Also for extra credit, name the 2 Huskies that have won the Wade Trophy multiple times, and how many times each has won it.

NO CHEATING!!!! ;)
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Okay, I'll start...Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, DT, Sue...Rebecca?...Jen? I believe Maya and Stewie won it on multiple occasions—Maya 3x and Stewie 2x?
 
oldude said:
If you didn’t cheat, I am impressed. Jen is the one that usually trips people up.
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I didn't cheat, but I had the advantage of going down a Wade trophy rabbit hole the other day while trying to figure out why Paige hadn't won it in her freshman year. (She wasn't eligible, as you mentioned above.) If I hadn't been bingeing Wade trophy info earlier this week, I almost certainly would have guessed Tina instead of Jen.
 
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oldude said:
The only NPOY she didn’t win as a freshman because freshmen are not eligible for the Wade trophy. I am delighted Paige now has a full set of NPOY trophies….:)
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Paige didn’t win the Honda either in 2021, the oldest of the POY awards and one of the 6 currently recognized by the NCAA. Paige receiving the Wade rights a wrong in 2021. Seeing NaLyssa Smith as an official NCAA 2021 POY winner (Wade and Honda) still makes no sense. Smith was not one of the 6 players to receive a vote in 2021 for AP POY. How the Wade picked her is beyond me.

Guessing the Honda will also pick Paige this year, which would give her a career complete POY set.
 
Jonathan14 said:
I didn't cheat, but I had the advantage of going down a Wade trophy rabbit hole the other day while trying to figure out why Paige hadn't won it in her freshman year. (She wasn't eligible, as you mentioned above.) If I hadn't been bingeing Wade trophy info earlier this week, I almost certainly would have guessed Tina instead of Jen.
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FYI, the WBCA has changed the criteria so that freshmen are now eligible.
 
oldude said:
The only NPOY she didn’t win as a freshman because freshmen are not eligible for the Wade trophy. I am delighted Paige now has a full set of NPOY trophies….:)
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She tied for FPOY with CC
 
Scud49 said:
One big, really big, WOO-HOO from me...!!

She is without question, the very best in the game this season for WCBB...!
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If that was true she would have won the Naismith
 
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BigTenGuy said:
Paige didn’t win the Honda either in 2021, the oldest of the POY awards and one of the 6 currently recognized by the NCAA. Paige receiving the Wade rights a wrong in 2021. Seeing NaLyssa Smith as an official NCAA 2021 POY winner (Wade and Honda) still makes no sense. Smith was not one of the 6 players to receive a vote in 2021 for AP POY. How the Wade picked her is beyond me.

Guessing the Honda will also pick Paige this year, which would give her a career complete POY set.
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Posted in the WBCA all americans thread that Holdsclaw didn't win the Wade. 1998 was Pinichero and 1999 was Stephanie White. Both were great players and Penichero had a better WNBA career than Holdsclaw due to the circumstances but to think one of the GOATs left college with 3 NCs, every honor imaginable, but not a Wade trophy.
 
topogigio said:
Coaches see what much of the media and fans don't!
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WBCA voting tends to be very pro-senior. Odyssey Sims over Stewie for the Wade in 2014 is a good example. Stewie won 4 of the POY awards that year and Chiney won the other one (Wooden).

The Wade also has a long history of picking 1-off winners (though don’t think Paige will be one because Paige should also win the Honda this year). Since 1983, there have been at least 4 NCAA-recognized POY awards. From 1983-2024, the Wade had 11 1-off winners, many of which don’t hold up very well (e.g. Candice Wiggins over Candace Parker in 2008, Carol Ann Shudlick over Lisa Leslie in 1994).

By contrast, since the Naismith was awarded starting in 1983, it has only one 1-off winner (Lindsey Harding over Candace Parker in 2007). Since AP started in 1995, it has only one 1-off winner (Courtney Paris in 2007). Since USBWA started their POY awards in 1988, it has only one 1-off winner (Ivory Latta in 2006 over Seimone Augustus).
 
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BigTenGuy said:
WBCA voting tends to be very pro-senior. Odyssey Sims over Stewie for the Wade in 2014 is a good example. Stewie won 4 of the POY awards that year and Chiney won the other one (Wooden).

The Wade also has a long history of picking 1-off winners (though don’t think Paige will be one because Paige should also win the Honda this year). Since 1983, there have been at least 4 NCAA-recognized POY awards. From 1983-2024, the Wade had 11 1-off winners, many of which don’t hold up very well (e.g. Candice Wiggins over Candace Parker in 2008, Carol Ann Shudlick over Lisa Leslie in 1994).

By contrast, since the Naismith was awarded starting in 1983, it has only one 1-off winner (Lindsey Harding over Candace Parker in 2007). Since AP started in 1995, it has only one 1-off winner (Courtney Paris in 2007). Since USBWA started their POY awards in 1988, it has only one 1-off winner (Ivory Latta in 2006 over Seimone Augustus).
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Still have the Wooden award in addition to the Honda award, but moving on to the NC game is THE most important piece in front of the women tonight.

Should the Huskies advance (I believe they will), it's looking like it will be against USC as they are up by 17 with 1:14 to go in the 4th...

Go Huskies!!!
 
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