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POY Watch

Who is your POY so far?

  • Katie Lou Samuelson

    Votes: 33 44.0%

  • Sabrina Ionescu

    Votes: 27 36.0%

  • Asia Durr

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • Megan Gustafson

    Votes: 5 6.7%

  • Arike Ogunbowale

    Votes: 5 6.7%

  • Kalani Brown

    Votes: 3 4.0%

  • Teaira McCowan

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Total voters
    75
I think players are chasing Ionescu right now. McCowan and Brown have been underwhelming at times, Samuelson and Arike are strong candidates but their percentages dont match up well for POY. Same with Durr. Gustafson's team is underperforming so no to her. Overall it isnt as strong as the competition was last year when players like Wilson, Vivians, Ionescu, Brown, McCowan and KLS all had massive POY caliber numbers and excellent team results.
 
Ionescu is going to win it, even though I don’t think she actually deserves it.

As much as it pains me, I think Arike is POY.
 
I think Ionescu is the front runner too. I just don't think anyone has a super stellar season consistently.

Having a deeper bench has taken a hit on Brown's number's for sure.
 
McCowan had one of her better performances last game against Auburn. We will have to wait and see if we will consistently see that version of McCowan, or the one who showed up at Oregon.
 
I'm a KLS fan, but I don't have a vote in who wins. The press is all over Ionescu because of all the triple doubles. If Arike gets POY honors, then I have a problem with that because she is the dirtiest player currently in the women's game, in at least 4 games this season she has tried to harm at least one opposing player, and in the UConn game there was at least two flagrant fouls that WERE not called.
 
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I'm a big fan of consistency. Ogunbowale and Durr are too hot and cold for my taste. Plus Arike has a problem with on court antics and chippiness/cheap shots against opponents. Not a good look for a potential POY in my mind. I'll be really disappointed if she wins it.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I'm a big fan of consistency. Ogunbowale and Durr are too hot and cold for my taste. Plus Arike has a problem with on court antics and chippiness/cheap shots against opponents. Not a good look for a potential POY in my mind. I'll be really disappointed if she wins it.
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Unless you're ESPN and the talking heads who either ignore it completely or gloss it over....:mad:
 
DaBball said:
McCowan had one of her better performances last game against Auburn. We will have to wait and see if we will consistently see that version of McCowan, or the one who showed up at Oregon.
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I think the Oregon game was a fluke....she just looked out of it and was blatantly taking plays off which I'd never seen before. To me the biggest difference with her this year is she doesnt look like shes having a lot of fun out there where a year ago she was full of personality and more aggressive. Last year she seemed so excited to be out there and taking on a prominent role. This year she looks almost bored at times by the competition.
 
It seems like Ionescu has already been annointed by the media and talking heads. I have no issue if she wins awards, I just don't like how many "experts" don't really pay attention and seem to talk about her in "bandwagon" terms - like a bunch of lemmings...
 
Since I believe that, if the current trajectory holds, Alana Smith will be the Pac 12 POY that would, or should, eliminate Ionescu from consideration for national Player of the Year. I may be, probably am, wrong about this, but it would be really weird imo if the national winner didn't win in her own conference.
 
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jonson said:
Since I believe that, if the current trajectory holds, Alana Smith will be the Pac 12 POY that would, or should, eliminate Ionescu from consideration for national Player of the Year. I may be, probably am, wrong about this, but it would be really weird imo if the national winner didn't win in her own conference.
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That has been the norm... not gonna make AA if not 1st team in conference, not gonna make NPOY if not conference POY
 
jonson said:
Since I believe that, if the current trajectory holds, Alana Smith will be the Pac 12 POY that would, or should, eliminate Ionescu from consideration for national Player of the Year. I may be, probably am, wrong about this, but it would be really weird imo if the national winner didn't win in her own conference.
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Different set of voters with (possibly) different opinions.
 
Going to be tough for Smith to win anything over Ionescu. The triple-double queen is highly worshipped. Smith isn’t as “look at me,” but boy is she a special player.
 
Ionescu will win in. If Arike wins it, I would love to hear the fans here have heart attacks. How entertaining lol. Not trying to defend her antics, but her two shots brought more attention to to the game than any of UConn's undefeated seasons could ever... People liked the story,... Injuries and buzzer beater which weren't fabricated. When UConn won their 4th in a row, the world put a snoozer on WCBB. Well at least I did, and I like to watch it... The rest of the world definitely never had a snoozer, they just never gave a sh@t.
 
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Still a long season ahead 18 games left for UConn. At this point, it’s Ionescu.
 
jonson said:
Since I believe that, if the current trajectory holds, Alana Smith will be the Pac 12 POY that would, or should, eliminate Ionescu from consideration for national Player of the Year. I may be, probably am, wrong about this, but it would be really weird imo if the national winner didn't win in her own conference.
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It has happened before. Parker lost SEC POY to Fowles (LSU went 14-0, Tennessee 13-1) but Candace took home the majority of the POY awards that year while Fowles didn't win any.

In regards to players being predetermined POY, I think it's a valid concern as of late, with last year being a good example. A lot of people felt Victoria Vivians was robbed of SEC POY, as she put up great numbers and her team dominated the conference. A'ja missed 3 games and her squad finished just 11-5, yet she still took home honors over Vivians. I thought KLS, Vivians and A'ja all had POY caliber years and should've split the awards, but A'ja swept everything.

To Ionescu's credit, she has had massive games against ranked teams and is having a stellar season. I don't think anyone can argue she doesn't deserve it at this point even if it's bothersome that it feels like a foregone conclusion.
 
Why isn't Collier on this list? If anything outside of the Baylor game (which everyone was off for UConn), Collier has been rock solid and been UConn's most consistent player and questionably UConn's best player. She's averaging 17.7 pts, 10.1 reb and shooting over 57%. She's been the most consistent post player in the country. To me only Ionescu (and that can be debatable as I haven't seen much of her) should be ahead of her. Collier might be the most underrated All-American that UConn has had as I consider her soph season to be easily in the top 3 for a single season in terms of offensive stats at UConn. She hasn't come close to that level of efficiency, but she's gotten much better overall as a player.
 
I think amongst the aforementioned players, who ever leads her team to win the championship will win POY. In the event of none of the these teams succeeds, then Ionesco will be the POY.
 
PAHuskeyFan said:
Likely going to be Ionescu... she was "pre -ordained" by ESPN.
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If it comes down to ESPN's "pre-ordaining", it will be Arike's to lose, in part due to her exploits during last year's Finals. You may say, but that was last year should not count...agree, but ESPN is keeping it "fresh" in everyone's (voters especially) minds at every games they broadcast this year.
 
mbr33ct said:
If it comes down to ESPN's "pre-ordaining", it will be Arike's to lose, in part due to her exploits during last year's Finals. You may say, but that was last year should not count...agree, but ESPN is keeping it "fresh" in everyone's (voters especially) minds at every games they broadcast this year.
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Ok... but in the early part of the season, with the "pre season" AA picks and such, Ionescu was ESPNw's pick for NPOY.
 
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With PAC-12 play just underway, I wouldn't hand the POY Trophy to Sabrina until UO plays past their 2 games with OSU, and, Stanford. Not saying Sabrina isn't the odds on favorite, but all could change if UO & Sabrina don't perform to expectations in PAC-12 play.
 
stick said:
Why isn't Collier on this list? If anything outside of the Baylor game (which everyone was off for UConn), Collier has been rock solid and been UConn's most consistent player and questionably UConn's best player. She's averaging 17.7 pts, 10.1 reb and shooting over 57%. She's been the most consistent post player in the country. To me only Ionescu (and that can be debatable as I haven't seen much of her) should be ahead of her. Collier might be the most underrated All-American that UConn has had as I consider her soph season to be easily in the top 3 for a single season in terms of offensive stats at UConn. She hasn't come close to that level of efficiency, but she's gotten much better overall as a player.
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Collier is a great player but she is an undersized low post player who benefits from the outside presence and threat of KLS. Also, if you think that KLS would not be doing what Collier is as a down low player than you are not seeing things as they are. The fact is KLS can do all the things Collier does plus be the team's best passer and the best all-around scoring threat in the country. Oh, and also, the best team player in the nation. Remember opponents double KLS all the time. They rarely double Collier.
 
Ionescu is the classic great player on a "non great team". If KLS was there in place of her she would be putting up similar if not better numbers because the offense would be built around and run thru KLS. Of course, that is not the case at UConn. Gustafson is in a similar situation but doesn't win as much. Also, remember, Ionecsu lost early in the season to a Mich.St. team that has 4 losses.
 
inthisopinion said:
Ionescu is the classic great player on a "non great team". If KLS was there in place of her she would be putting up similar if not better numbers because the offense would be built around and run thru KLS. Of course, that is not the case at UConn. Gustafson is in a similar situation but doesn't win as much. Also, remember, Ionecsu lost early in the season to a Mich.St. team that has 4 losses.
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I have to disagree with you about your comment that UO is a "non great team"? Relative to the field this year, UO is a #1 seed candidate for sure. I have watched at least 5 UO games this year, and, UO is much better this year than last 2 years, primarily because UO doesn't depend upon Sabrina to the same extent as in the past 2 years.
 
Reypl21 said:
Ionescu will win in. If Arike wins it, I would love to hear the fans here have heart attacks. How entertaining lol. Not trying to defend her antics, but her two shots brought more attention to to the game than any of UConn's undefeated seasons could ever...
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Really? Two shots did more for WCBB than UConn's two decades of success? More than the first UConn-Tennessee game? More than the UConn-Tennessee rivalry? More than Rebecca, Maya, Diana and Stevie? Let me just say that I politely - and firmly - disagree.
 
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