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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4528495, member: 2117"] Breaking this down: 1. Iowa's losing a couple of games to unranked teams doesn't take her out of the running. Many POY winners have lost games to unranked teams, including Sabrina Ionescu (2020), Megan Gustafson (2019), A'ja Wilson (2018) and Kelsey Plum (2017). 2. Clark is 2nd in the country in scoring, trailing #1 by half a point. She is also 2nd in the country in assists by half an assist per game. No one comes close to matching the productivity that Clark does offensively. And she's managing this load while leading the #5 ranked team in the country. 3. You mention Sabrina won in part due to triple doubles. Clark leads the nation in triple doubles and is second in career triple doubles to Ionescu, and she's only midway through her junior season. She has 3 on the year and could easily rack up 5 or 6 by the end of the season. Ionescu had 8 in the season you referenced. In regards to team success, yes the 2020 Oregon squad was better than Clark's Iowa team, but Caitlin still has Iowa ranked top 5 and in position for a top 2 seed. Based on historical precedent, that's more than enough team success to justify winning the award. For reference, A'ja Wilson swept POY awards as a senior but her team was a borderline 2/3 seed, and nabbed the lowest 2 seed in the tournament. 4. I don't think anyone should refuse Boston as a candidate or is saying she isn't in the running. She is, and her play has improved as she's gotten into the thick of SEC play. If she keeps up this level of play, she absolutely should be in the conversation. I just think she has a decent amount of catching up to do to surpass Clark (who is playing an incredible stretch of basketball right now). [/QUOTE]

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