Conference Player of the Year

I know we are all basking in the afterglow of #14; but at some point, as time lays heavy on our hands, we are nervously waiting for a tip-off AND we need a diversion......would someone explain to me why Trae Young is being touted as the Conference player of the year?

I’m honestly asking....is it because of his flashy offensive (vs defensive) numbers? Leading points and assists....those stats are quantifiable and shiny?

I don’t have a thing against the kid. I’m sure he’ll have a successful, lucrative NBA career (where offense rules). BUT OU has a losing conf record (IIRC)....leads me to believe that shiny stats mean more than results?

Dunno.

Thank u!

WSG

Well, it's voted on by the coaches, who can't vote for their own players, so each coach will make his own judgement. Some, I'm sure, will look at stats, but having played each team twice, I'm sure that there's some "who gave us the most trouble" mixed in there too.

But since there's not a formal criteria, there's nothing wrong with a coach literally pulling a name out of a hat at random (other than the embarrassment of publicly being known as the guy who nominated a walkon for the honor).

I think Devote has a strong case. If I try to play devil's advocate against him, you COULD say that Trae Young didn't have as good a team around him, or maybe Keenan Evans also did more with less. Kind of stretching on those....it's not like Kansas was loaded with depth this year either. I also think some coaches are getting sick of our success and will pick anybody who isn't on KU for post season honors.

Hey, we all know who the POY is. Young had a ridiculous start to the season and if he had continued at his scoring and assist pace he would have been the clear national POY. But in the Big 12 there were smart coaches and good players who figured out how to slow him down. And we have our own player who was great in pre-season but couldn't maintain it during the conference--it is a rugged conference.

But if Big 12 coaches think for just a minute who they would't want handling the ball in the last several minutes of a close game, it would be "I just wanted to win" DG.

Exactly. You're up one with 20 seconds left. I'd let Trae chuck up a hopeful guarded 30 footer way before I'd want DG looking at shooting, driving or getting an assist.

thank you, both!
I don't like the "I'm sick of KS mentality".....but I get it.

Again, thanks!

14 years is a long time. Almost feel bad for everybody else. Not really.