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Lawson’s going to be COY, but Staley is deserving too. An outright conference title, especially if it comes with only an OT road loss, is quite an accomplishment in this year’s SEC. To do it with four new starters and a multitude of players in and out of the lineup is incredible.
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Lawson’s not winning NCOY for her job at Duke. Dawn’s top competition in conference is Shea Ralph. Dawn’s done a great job but nationally I think it’s likely a 3 person race between Geno, Shea and Cori.
Shea Ralph seems the obvious favorite to me. Vandy is ranked at an unprecedented level, based upon players she has recruited and coached. Nothing against Geno, but he returned two All Americans from a national championship winning team… no surprise in UConn’s success. Dawn lost 4 starters from last year’s runner-up team, so some credit there. UCLA has maintained their spot in the top 5 all year, but the Big 10 isn’t the SEC in terms of the number of ranked teams.
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The SEC this year is just full of ridiculously good talent. I've heard multiple coaches talk about the depth in the league this year...Staley, Mulkey, Curry, and Yo to name a few. Is this the deepest the SEC has ever been?
There is a glut of coaching talent in the SEC. Two coaches with multiple natties, plus Vic who has been in multiple Final Fours…Vandy challenging for a 1 seed… Bama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Kentucky all making serious noise. Georgia trying to make noise. Tennessee is the conference’s Jekyll & Hyde… wide gap between them and the rest: A&M, Arkansas, Miss State, Mizzou, Auburn, and Florida.
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LOL I'm an idiot. (many such cases) I confused my up and coming "omg I remember when they were players!" coaches. Don't post while medicated.
I meant within the conference. Ralph is winning SEC COY and should be co-favorite with Close for national. I would put them both a half-step ahead of Geno before the tourney, but with any awards that vote after, would vault Geno or Dawn to first choice with a title.
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Didn't Cori win the award last year? I doubt she will win it two years in a row and frankly, I don't think she deserves it. Between Geno and Shea.
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It is the deepest regular season for the conference in my memory. I think Back in the Day... the conference would semi-regularly have 4 or 5 teams in the top ten, but that's when the conference was decades ahead of others in investing in the sport and teams like La Tech and Old Dominion were among the nation's best.
Aside - everybody seems to love Coach Yo, but nearing the point she either needs to make it past the Sweet 16 to justify the love or people need to readjust their perception. Mississippi spends a surprising amount in every sport.
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Cori did win last year, prior to that Dawn won 3 straight so I don't see that as a deterrent for her this year.
UCLA is 27-1 and has dominated a strong B1G and non-conference schedule. I think she'd be deserving.
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