Top 10 List for Lieberman Award. Guess Who.

[CocoHusky]

Henderson and SC is only after one goal! Besides the Dawn Staley Award is the only one that matters to her!

 

[KY Card Fan]

Please read my last post and then go take it up with Jeff. Jeff or someone close to him chose to put Dana Evans on the SG list and Hailey on the PG list-COACHES NOMINATE and VOTE.

Aha - I've got it now. Thanks.

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

Screw the Lieberman.... Paige is the only Frosh on the late season Wooden Award list! (20 names, including, to my amazement, ONO)

UConn's Bueckers lone freshman on Wooden list

Paige Bueckers is one of 20 players on the Wooden Award late-season top 20 list, which was released Monday.

www.espn.com

 

[CocoHusky]

Thanks Coco for describing the nomination process. Here are some stats for the top 10. Buekers' numbers look pretty good

	Assists	TO	Assists/TO	Scoring	shooting %	rebounds	games
Mangakahia	7.8	5.0	1.6	10.4	39	3.8	11
Richards	6.5	2.0	3.3	7.8	45	2.5	13
Buekers	5.7	2.5	2.3	18.5	55	5.6	11
Fair	5.3	3.0	1.8	24.4	38	6.7	14
Perez	4.8	1.8	2.6	9.8	47	4.0	12
Taylor	4.3	1.5	2.8	8.5	41	2.5	13
Patberg	3.6	1.6	2.2	12.1	40	3.9	14
Slocum	3.6	1.5	2.4	14.6	46	3.6	19
Van Lith	2.1	1.6	1.4	12.3	44	5.8	16
Johnson	2.0	1.9	1.1	17.8	53	3.9	8

Yes! Paige is indeed on track to win this award.

 

[WBBSUperFan]

Surprised no inclusion of Caitlin Clark or Destanni Henderson, both of whom are having far better seasons than most on this list.

Clark will likely show up on the Drysdale list, which I would agree with. She has little chance of winning the Lieberman award with a Assist/TO ratio of 1.25. I honestly think she is more of shooting guard than PG. She has a lot of assists, but that doesn't mean she is a true PG. Iowa normally shoots the ball after only 1 or 2 passes, not that its a negative, just an observation.

I do think Destanni Henderson should be there instead of Didi Richards. High assist don't always mean facilitator of offense.

 

[Sched234]

It not a joke actually well thought out down selection. They are not sudenly going to add people to the list.
Here are the names from the preseason list. This is also WBCA controlled meaning that it's up to the coach to nominate a player for these awards if they feel strongly enough.

2021 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*

Destiny Slocum	Arkansas
DiDi Richards	Baylor
Dyaisha Fair	Buffalo
Micaela Kelly	Central Michigan
Paige Bueckers	Connecticut
Tiana England	Florida State
Ali Patberg	Indiana
Tra-'Dayja Smith	Longwood
Hailey Van Lith	Louisville
Amy Dilk	Michigan
Myah Taylor	Mississippi State
Raina Perez	NC State
Cece Hooks	Ohio
Diamond Johnson	Rutgers
Nevena Dimitrijevic	St. Francis - Brooklyn
Tiana Mangakahia	Syracuse
Lauren Heard	TCU
Kyra Lambert	Texas
Dru Glyten	Utah
Katia Gallegos	UTEP

No, it’s a joke. Dyaisha Fair has dreadful shooting numbers and is a total volume scorer. MAC counterpart Micaela Kelly is more efficient and just as productive (on a better team, too!) but yet only one of those players is on this list, and it’s not who it should be.

Raina Perez of NC State is also a hilarious candidate to me. Ali Patberg also is a top 15-20 (not top ten) PG. I’ve already aired my grievance about Destanni Henderson’s exclusion, but it’s baffling to see other players listed here with worse statistics across the board.

 

[Centerstream]

Please read my last post and then go take it up with Jeff. Jeff or someone close to him chose to put Dana Evans on the SG list and Hailey on the PG list-COACHES NOMINATE and VOTE.

@CocoHusky thanks for giving us the facts on the players on this list. But sometimes facts don't matter but opinions and feelings do.

 

[CocoHusky]

Screw the Lieberman.... Paige is the only Frosh on the late season Wooden Award list! (20 names, including, to my amazement, ONO)

UConn's Bueckers lone freshman on Wooden list

Paige Bueckers is one of 20 players on the Wooden Award late-season top 20 list, which was released Monday.

www.espn.com

No no... let's not be so hasty this would be counter productive. Paige is not going to win the Wooden or the Naismith this season, Ryne Howard is playing to well for that. Paige is also not eligible to win the Wade because freshman are not eligible. The national awards may be out of her reach but please don't underestimate what winning this award would do for Paige in terms of UCONN lore. Sue Bird won 3 of these awards, Moriah Jefferson won 2. Sabrina Ionescu won three- that's kind of irrelevant don't even know why I brought her up. Winning a Lieberman as a freshman will certainly get Paige WBCA AA as a freshman. That would mean Paige has cemented her place on Huskies WoH with 4 full years of eligibility remaining. It would also signal her ascent up the UCONN Mt. Rushmore. BTW UCONN WBB Mt. Rushmore is missing a PG -just sayin.

 

[SCspur]

No funny is leaving her off this list! But don’t worry...

 

[Charliebball]

it would be helpful if PB gets the assists per game well over 6 to clinch that award and overcome Mangakahia who is the sentimental favorite for good reason........

 

[MilfordHusky]

Once again, there seems to less disagreement about whether or not a player is on a list than what list the player is on. Positions seem blatantly wrong for some players.

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

No no... let's not be so hasty this would be counter productive. Paige is not going to win the Wooden or the Naismith this season, Ryne Howard is playing to well for that. Paige is also not eligible to win the Wade because freshman are not eligible. The national awards may be out of her reach but please don't underestimate what winning this award would do for Paige in terms of UCONN lore. Sue Bird won 3 of these awards, Moriah Jefferson won 2. Sabrina Ionescu won three- that's kind of irrelevant don't even know why I brought her up. Winning a Lieberman as a freshman will certainly get Paige WBCA AA as a freshman. That would mean Paige has cemented her place on Huskies WoH with 4 full years of eligibility remaining. It would also signal her ascent up the UCONN Mt. Rushmore. BTW UCONN WBB Mt. Rushmore is missing a PG -just sayin.

I'm pretty sure we don't have to worry about Paige getting her place on the wall of honor...

 

[eebmg]

I'm pretty sure we don't have to worry about Paige getting her place on the wall of honor...

@Biff may give us a preview. Might as well do Azzi as well.

 

[eebmg]

Award is for Best Guard (does not separate point / shooting guard

 

[CocoHusky]

Might as well start the outrage now for when this award goes to one of Dawn's players.

 

[CocoHusky]

Bumping this thread because I believe with that Butler performance, UCONN assists single game record and UCONN Freshman Assists record Paige sealed the 2021 Lieberman award yesterday.

 

[hart2hart]

I’ll second that Coco!

 

[DefenseBB]

I am with you Coco but perhaps some statistics to prove your point would be nice touch?

 

[Cuango]

Henderson and SC is only after one goal! Besides the Dawn Staley Award is the only one that matters to her!

Did you check with her? So presumably, she’s not interested in the conference championships (regular season and SEC tournament), any awards (except the aforementioned Staley award). “You lost me, Pete.”

 

[chrissaran]

Didi Richards is not Baylor's point guard.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Yup., Paige Bueckers selected as one of 10 candidates for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award Geez. I think she is the favorite.

Destiny Slocum	Arkansas
DiDi Richards	Baylor
Dyaisha Fair	Buffalo
Paige Bueckers	Connecticut
Ali Patberg	Indiana
Hailey Van Lith	Louisville
Myah Taylor	Mississippi State
Raina Perez	NC State
Diamond Johnson	Rutgers
Tiana Mangakahia	Syracuse

Would they ever give the award to a freshman? I'm guessing no way....?

 

[SCspur]

Did you check with her? So presumably, she’s not interested in the conference championships (regular season and SEC tournament), any awards (except the aforementioned Staley award). “You lost me, Pete.”

Get a life.

 

[Childhood]

So it may be the first award for Paige in college. Nice!

 

[CocoHusky]

No funny is leaving her off this list! But don’t worry...

Jordan Nixon called. Jordan was wondering if Dawn would consider adding her name to the list for the 2021 Dawn Staley award.

 

[Purchase1]

Award is for Best Guard (does not separate point / shooting guard

How is Cooke on this list?