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Who should be SEC Player of the Year?

Who should be SEC Player of the Year?

  • Joyce Edwards (South Carolina)

  • Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt)

  • Madison Booker (Texas)

  • Cotie McMahon (Ole Miss)

  • Other (please list)

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bballnut90 said:
South Carolina has wins over current #4 Texas, #5 Vanderbilt, #9 Louisville and #11 Duke.

UCLA has wins over … #22 Tennessee.

UCONN has wins … #22 Tennessee
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Too bad we don’t play Tennessee. We could get a nice look at a common opponent.
 
I seem to recall some talk last year about how Chavez’s HS ranking fell because of strength of competition concerns. I wonder if that’s what we’re seeing the consequences of now. It is indeed possible (even likely) that voters will be distracted by the superficial stats — 18.2 pts 3 rebounds 4 assists — and miss the rest of the picture, 3 TOs 37% shooting and absurd usage rate. When I’ve watched recent games, I sometimes wonder if Baranczyk doesn’t occasionally wish she could sit Chavez in favor of Vann or Verhulst at PG. If they’re paying Chavez a sack of NIL cash, she may feel reluctant to do it. It’s not like either of those two are better passers. But they might actually pass a bit more frequently.

Here’s the absurdest stat, FG attempts. Chavez has 400 while Beers and Verhulst are around 260 each and Williams and Vann are around 240. That’s 400 out of a total of 1750 by the team’s least effective shooter.
 
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Bone Dog said:
I seem to recall some talk last year about how Chavez’s HS ranking fell because of strength of competition concerns. I wonder if that’s what we’re seeing the consequences of now. It is indeed possible (even likely) that voters will be distracted by the superficial stats — 18.2 pts 3 rebounds 4 assists — and miss the rest of the picture, 3 TOs 37% shooting and absurd usage rate. When I’ve watched recent games, I sometimes wonder if Baranczyk doesn’t occasionally wish she could sit Chavez in favor of Vann or Verhulst at PG. If they’re paying Chavez a sack of NIL cash, she may feel reluctant to do it. It’s not like either of those two are better passers. But they might actually pass a bit more frequently.

Here’s the absurdest stat, FG attempts. Chavez has 400 while Beers and Verhulst are around 260 each and Williams and Vann are around 240. That’s 400 out of a total of 1750 by the team’s least effective shooter.
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The chemistry for Oklahoma seems off this year. This year's team has much more individual talent than last year but yet they are underachieving. While Chavez did have a phenomenal game vs. SC (and especially in OT), she has underperformed in all the advanced statistical categories. For the SEC Freshman of the Year category, I have her behind Galvan and even with ZaKiyah Johnson and just slightly ahead of Grace Know.

Seems to me Jennie B gave the keys to the kingdom to Chavez without any constraints, so she better hope the team starts to click.

From a POY perspective, Edwards is the best player on the best team but I think her contributions get discounted due to Dawn and the expectations of SC being a dominant team regardless of the players. From an Efficiency scoring and Win Shares perspective, Edwards is 2nd behind Blakes and neck and neck with Booker and clearly ahead of Beers and Clara Strack. The narrative on Booker doing it all for Texas puts her ahead of Joyce (not entirely fair but...).
 
Z Johnson of LSU won't win any awards, but she is quietly their key player this year as a freshman.

Even though she came in as a guard, and is on the roster as a guard, she has played every minute this season at the #4.

Mulkey convinced her to do this to help the team, and to get playing time as a frosh.

She gives LSU a 4 player post rotation, and this means Mikayla Williams no longer must be available at the #4.

A nice player to follow, glad @DefenseBB mentioned her.
 
I don't think a guard playing forward gives you a four post rotation, but I do think she should make SEC freshman team. Not sure about AA.
 
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Gamecockfan77 said:
I don't think a guard playing forward gives you a four post rotation, but I do think she should make SEC freshman team. Not sure about AA.
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Definitely not All-American, probably not even close to Betts, Edwards, Strong, Beers, Crooks etc.

4 post rotation? Mulkey using Koval, Joyner, Knox and Z Johnson as her 4 front court players, even changing up who starts each game. Z Johnson playing 0 minutes at guard this year.

I use term post for all front court players, not just traditional centers. Perhaps a better phrasing is a '4 player front court rotation'.
 
packwrap said:
Z Johnson of LSU won't win any awards, but she is quietly their key player this year as a freshman.

Even though she came in as a guard, and is on the roster as a guard, she has played every minute this season at the #4.

Mulkey convinced her to do this to help the team, and to get playing time as a frosh.

She gives LSU a 4 player post rotation, and this means Mikayla Williams no longer must be available at the #4.

A nice player to follow, glad @DefenseBB mentioned her.
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Mulkey better get some actual bigs and let Zakiyah go back to the wing if not she may have a hard time keeping her
 
Reypl21 said:
I mean FJ is graduating.
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@Baller29 brings up an interesting discussion-Guard play at LSU seems pretty set but Mulkey has had to rely on the portal more and more for her front court play which is really odd considering all the success she had a Baylor bringing in Frontcourt players. She did bring in Koval this past year and had a top 10 player in Rosario (and even Jersey Wolfenbarger) who all underperformed are underperforming their rankings. The portal will allow her to get someone from somewhere. Finding a true quality portal big is not as easy as one would imagine. Williams and Koval have both drastically underperformed as two marquee names from last year and I think Barker has underperformed as well at Tennessee (especially considering the $800K she was given). Ashley Sofilkanich at Michigan has been a nice spare part for their national prominent run and Laura Zigler has been great at Louisville but other than that, I am hard pressed to think of any other big who has done anything.

It will be curious to see what front court players hit the portal this year...I do think Kim will find someone to come into that program, given her coaching pedigree and of course all the $'s that can be thrown at the player.
 
If Vandy can go 3-0 or 2-1 over their final stretch I think Blakes has this locked up. If Vandy loses multiple games, I think it becomes more interesting but she still should be the front runner.
 
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Given what Vandy has done and Blake’s’ role, she gets the nod.

As a Gamecock alum, I think Raven Johnson is our team MVP. Really like and appreciate Joyce, but we win because of Raven.
 
USMC(ret) said:
Given what Vandy has done and Blake’s’ role, she gets the nod.

As a Gamecock alum, I think Raven Johnson is our team MVP. Really like and appreciate Joyce, but we win because of Raven.
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Raven really is the glue to everything. It may not always reflect in stat sheet but Dawn will definitely tell you they’ll miss her dearly next year. Smart player, makes good decisions consistently
 
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