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Message: [QUOTE="Wally East, post: 2252241, member: 3065"] I used to pick Maya for polls like this. Greatest scorer, two titles, 4-year All-American, 3-year NPOY. Plus, beyond scoring, the rest of her stats are amazing, too. And a great shooter. She filled stat sheets like no one else. Maya was a joy to watch, too. She worked hard and appeared to LOVE working hard. That finger roll when finishing a lay up! YES! But those are reasons why she is my favorite player and not reasons why she is the GOAT. I don't hold not winning a NC her senior year against her. She scored 36. But, I have changed my mind to Stewie. Stewie, on a per-minute basis, which is perhaps the fairest way to evaluate players, is close to Maya in a lot of categories and surpasses her in others (both are well ahead of D in everything but assists but both are pretty close). If Maya were a few inches taller and had Stewie's arms, you know she'd do what Stewie and maybe more, but Stewie had Stewie's arms :) And with those arms and her height, she was able to do things that Maya couldn't. Stewie anchored the team's defense in a way that Maya couldn't, although Maya had a LOT of blocked shots for her height. Both played great positional defense but Stewie also allowed for her teammates to play more aggressively on defense because she was also able to guard the rim. On offense, she was a nightmare for other teams. Not that Maya wasn't but who do you put on Stewie? A center? Sure, that was a match-up in terms of height, which makes sense. Stewie could still post up the center and pass out of double-teams but she could also pull the center outside, opening a lane for her teammates or herself. Put a forward on her and she would either score inside or just shoot over her. Stewie, Maya, and D (and Tina and Rebecca and Mo and Sue and ... ) are all phenomenal. I have great memories of all of them. D hitting that bomb 3 against Tennessee. Maya dropping 40 against Syracuse. Stewie and baseline-to-baseline block. (See, it's not [I]always [/I]about stats with me :) ) [/QUOTE]

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