Big East POY candidates last night - anyone else chuckle like I did?

[PhatOrange]

night during the game they talked about the potential Big East POY candidates. MCW was the Syracuse player ESPN picked as a potential POY winner. Anyone else laugh at that choice?

CJ Fair has far and away been Syracuse's best player this year.

The Otto kid should win it.

 

[CorduroyG]

otto porter locked it up on saturday

 

[BuffOrange]

Wasn't that something the fans voted on? Cuse had more fans than anyone watching that game so they picked the only Cuse player.
But yah pretty laughable that espn picked MCW over CJ for the SU nominee.

 

[SU2NASA]

MCW has been self-fulfilling hype all year. Do you think anyone's watching this season outside of us and thinking 'you know, he's not as ready for the NBA as I thought'.

 

[Henny & Coke]

As much as the early season praise of MCW’s good play may now seem somewhat unwarranted/over-the-top, it’s most likely that the current criticism of his recent poorer play may also seem somewhat unwarranted/over-the-top at some point in the future as well. So, in the effort of providing a snapshot of where the stats currently stand for MCW, these are the categories in which he currently ranks within the top 20 as compared to other Big East teams (full season stats):

Total Assists:
1.) MCW – 222
2.) Eric Atkins (ND) – 167

Assists/Game:
1.) MCW – 7.9
2.) Anthony Collins (SFL) – 6.4

Assist %: (An estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on the floor.)
1.) Anthony Collins (SFL) – 42.6
2.) MCW – 41.8

Total Steals:
1.) MCW – 82
2.) Edwin Fuquan (SH) – 72

Steals/Game:
1.) MCW – 2.9
2.) Edwin Fuquan (SH) – 2.5

Steal %: (An estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor.)
1.) MCW – 5.1
2.) Edwin Fuquan (SH) – 4.8

Turnovers:
1.) MCW – 97
2.) Tom Maayan (SH) – 88

Turnover %: (An estimate of turnovers per 100 plays.)
MCW not in top 20

Player Effieiency Rating:
13.) MCW – 22.6
Only SU player above MCW is Southerland (ranks #5 at 25.5)

Points Produced: (An estimate of the player's offensive points produced.)
8.) MCW – 436
Top SU player in this category, although Triche ranks right below him at #9 with 405.

Points Produced/Game:
7.) MCW – 15.6
Top SU player in this category, although Triche ranks #12 with 14.5.

Offensive Rating: (An estimate of points scored (for teams) or points produced (for players) per 100 possessions.)
18.) MCW – 107.8
SU ranks in this category: 4.) Southerland 125.3, 9.) CJ Fair 119.6, 14.) Brandon Triche 109.8

Offensive Win Shares: (An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his offense.)
MCW not in top 20
SU ranks in this category: 9.) CJ Fair 2.3, 11.) Southerland 2.1

Defensive Rating: (An estimate of points allowed per 100 possessions.)
8.) MCW – 86.8
Top SU player in this category, although Southerland ranks #10 with 87.9, Christmas ranks #16 with 89.1, and CJ Fair ranks #19 with 90.2

Defensive Win Shares: (An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his defense.)
3.) MCW – 3.9
Top SU player in this category, although CJ Fair ranks #8 with 2.9, and Christmas ranks #9 with 2.8

Win Shares: (An estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his offense and defense.)
7.) MCW – 4.8
Only SU player above MCW is CJ Fair (ranks #5 at 5.2)


http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2013-leaders.html

 

[RF2044]

night during the game they talked about the potential Big East POY candidates. MCW was the Syracuse player ESPN picked as a potential POY winner. Anyone else laugh at that choice?

CJ Fair has far and away been Syracuse's best player this year.

The Otto kid should win it.

Yeah, I chalked it up to SU fans watching the SU game during the poll, and representing the highest percentage of voters.

Agree 100% about CJ Fair, and I think that Porter locked BEPOY up last Saturday.

 

[heresjohnny88]

Whoever ESPN picked as the SU nominee was going to win. It could've been Baye Keita. Most fans watching the game were Cuse fans.