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PAIGE ESPN Player Of The Year

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WNBA point guard and former UConn star Sue Bird said as adept as Bueckers is as a scorer, her ability to facilitate is at a high level, too.

"If she goes out and has five quick assists, that's going to get her just as hyped as if she went out and hit five 3s," said Bird, who is also a women's college basketball analyst for ESPN. "That is my favorite part of her game."
 
Usually articles like this are the result of multiple authors (or contributors) but Mechelle seems to be the only author. Her opinion only?
 
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Congrats to Paige! Happy for her. Well deserved!

Was it me or did the article at times seemed petty? Almost sounded like she cited why Geno thinks she is player of the year, and not so much why they voted her player of the year. In addition, it seems like there is more Power 5 conf propaganda. I feel like we are hearing more about conference inferiority than when we were in the AAC.
 
Huskyfaninsd said:
Congrats to Paige! Happy for her. Well deserved!

Was it me or did the article at times seemed petty? Almost sounded like she cited why Geno thinks she is player of the year, and not so much why they voted her player of the year. In addition, it seems like there is more Power 5 conf propaganda. I feel like we are hearing more about conference inferiority than when we were in the AAC.
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A little bit - I still feel like ESPN has glossed over the South Carolina game in all their stories, which is really the difference in all this. We lose that game, we are maybe a 2 seed, and the best player on the No. 1 team argument is gone. And our signature win is gone too. Then our best win was UT, when she shot 3-14 (with a dagger, but still 3-14).
 
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Huskyfaninsd said:
Congrats to Paige! Happy for her. Well deserved!

Was it me or did the article at times seemed petty? Almost sounded like she cited why Geno thinks she is player of the year, and not so much why they voted her player of the year. In addition, it seems like there is more Power 5 conf propaganda. I feel like we are hearing more about conference inferiority than when we were in the AAC.
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I agree. Would they say the same thing talking about a player from the Big 12? I'm not sure they will get more than 3 teams into the tournament either....

Also those conferences have 14 teams. They should get at least 1 or 2 more teams in the tournament than say BE or Big 12 who have fewer teams to start with.
 
Can any of the stats gurus tell me how often does the epsn player of the year go on to win the other national player of the year awards?
 
Gurleyman said:
More likely a panel pick of writers/editors, and she was assigned to write the story. Otherwise it would be billed as a Mechelle opinion column and not an ESPN pick.
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Although she managed to get a lot of opinion into the article.
 
sylverstar said:
And on that note don't forget to vote for Paige for the naismith award so that she can sweep the awards this season.
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Definitely vote for Paige for Naismith. Paige will not sweep the awards because she is not eligible to win the Wade Trophy.

Wade Trophy Criteria (in order of priority): ​

1. NCAA Division I basketball player (sophomore, junior or senior)

Wade Trophy

wbca.org
 
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Congrats to Paige, but that had to be the worst POS article I have ever read.
Mechelle's anti Uconn bias continues to rear its ugly head.
Instead of just praise for her colleague's pick, she had to go through the points as to WHY Paige shouldn't have won..
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No problem with Brenda Freese winning Coach of the Year as there were several worthy candidates. As a UCONN diehard, I believe that Kellie Harper deserves some consideration. She not only did a great job in improving a struggling Tennesseee team on the court, she also restored credibility to a storied franchise in only two seasons.
 
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Paige doesn't have a peer in college ball. I have difficulty describing Paige because she is so multifaceted and in control of the basketball court. It is a great pleasure watching her work. She's deserving of a slew of awards.
 
I don't care so much about individual awards and I doubt GA cares either.

I have no idea who should win the coach of the year award but I do know that GA has 2 players who were number one in their class and one is a generational talent. They are a bit young but GA still has some amazing talent from the HS Level. He also has maybe two top 5 recruits and several other top recruits so this is probably why he didn't win the award. Most coaches would die for what GA has, but they can't recruit like him. He is hands down, the best recruiter ever and certainly a top coach year in and year out. Possibly, the best coach of his generation as well. We are very, very lucky to have him!
 
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