Who should be Big 12 Player of the Year?

[bballnut90]

Audi Crooks, Iowa State: 25.9 ppg, 67.1% FG, 7.7 rebounds, team is 6-5 and in 9th place

Taliah Scott, Baylor: 20.4 ppg, 40.1% FG, 2.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, team is 9-2 and in 1st place

Olivia Miles, TCU: 19.3 points, 50.8% FG, 6.9 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.9 steals, team is 9-2 and in 1st place

S'Mya Nichols, Kansas: 18.0 points, 47.9% FG, 41.4% 3pt, 4.9 assists, team is 4-8 and in 12th place

 

[bballnut90]

I think Miles is the runaway pick here with Iowa State losing so many games with Brown out. TCU has a tough stretch to finish it out though with 2 matchups against Baylor and they face West Virginia/Iowa State, but I'd be surprised if anyone but Miles wins it.

 

[ISUnorth]

Coached voted Crooks pre-season play of the year and Miles as newcomer of the year so that sort of established some expectations. ISU and Crooks look to be back on track after their couple week tailspin.

Player of the Year - Audi Crooks or Olivia Miles. Miles great pts/rbs/ast #'s Crooks with scoring and so-so rebounding. Will have to see how Crooks finishes out. Miles is obviously a better player but people love Crooks and she was the early pick.

Newcomer of the Year - Olivia Miles (would be Scott otherwise)

Freshman of the Year - Jaliya Davis - This one is easy. Kansas rookie missed the first half of the season but is averaging 21 pts/gm in her 18 games back. She has by far eclipsed pre-season pick Dee Alexander (who was also injured half the season).

Coach of the year - Whoever wins 1st and is ranked the highest, usually.

 

[azfan]

Coach of the year - Whoever wins 1st and is ranked the highest, usually.

Molly Miller.

 

[ISUnorth]

Molly Miller.

Maybe, but probably not, just not the way it's worked in the Big 8/12 over the years. It's almost always the title winner. Exception to this was 2022 with Brandon Schneider so it's not impossible but ASU will need to move up more in the standings in February. They were picked for 11th and are in a three-way tie for 7th.

Texas Tech was picked for 13th and they are currently in 4th place if you want to make a case for exceeding expectations. People don't seem to respect Gerlich as much as Miller but they are way exceeding expectations unless they auger in. No one picked Tech to be ranked.

 

[Bjbod]

I really like Audi Crooks as a person but I'd have trouble voting for her here. When I think of a MVP I see someone who makes everyone around them better. She is so reliant on her teammates to score well that she's almost the opposite of that.