lawmanfan" post=424636 said:
Monte" post=424634 said:
They seem somewhat torqued about Bouknight, which I think is justified.
They don't seem all that upset about Anderson over Hurley, also justified.
Yeah. If Bouknight had missed half the games he did, he's likely a unanious selection as POY. But you have to play. Otherwise its a beauty pagent.
As for COY you can make a reasonable case for both, but CMA did a few things Hurley didn't. He out performed the preseaon coaches poll by +5 spots (+1 for Hurley), and he won the head to head matchup on their court.
I guess some of them want to point to the Depaul loss as the reason Hurley should get it but that's highly selective. It discounts the facts that we won at Uconn, and beat Nova.
I went back and read some earlier posts on the UCONN board, and with the exception of some of the knee jerk reactions towards Hurley after some tough losses, I found the majority of the posters to be levelheaded and fair. Especially as it relates to post season awards.
Over the past few weeks, at different intervals they had Hurley, CMA, Wright and even Ewing at one point, as COY. Some posters did think Hurley deserved it, but most seemed fine with CMA as the COY.