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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2488725, member: 2117"] Sorry if I've upset you with my opinion. Kia's pretty much interchangeable with Durr right now, but Louisville has surpassed expectations to start the season and Durr's monster night in the biggest game of her year so far gives her the edge. Note that I didn't list Ogunbowale over Nurse either...I just listed the 5 top players by each position, I didn't put them in order. The two of them are pretty comparable at this point IMO. Kia is more efficient but Arike is the stronger playmaker and is capable of taking over a game and carrying her team (for better or worse). She did have a bad game against Connecticut, but on the flip side she had a fantastic showing against South Carolina and is averaging 20ppg on the year. You mention big games being important a la Morgan Tuck in 2016--I agree with this, but the only problem with your argument is Kia's best showings have been against unranked teams while Tuck had all of her best showings in the biggest games. Here are Kia's numbers against teams in the current top 25: Stanford-1/8 shooting, 0-2 from 3, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal Maryland-7/15 shooting, 5-8 from 3, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 steal UCLA-3/7 shooting, 0-4 from 3, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 turnovers, 1 steal Notre Dame-5/6 shooting, 3-4 from 3, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover, no steals Averages: 16/36 shooting (44.4%), 8/18 from 3 (44.4%), 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.0 TO, .8 steals Not bad by any means, but not All-American worthy either. If you include the Cal game, the percentages go up a few percent and the rest of the numbers are about the same. Obviously you should analyze statistics based on the entire season's body of work rather than solely off of games against ranked teams, but it is worth noting this. [/QUOTE]

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