Rori was recognized as Honorable Mention. There sure is a lot of love for Ashley Joens on these various All-American teams... Wade Trophy winner Aliyah Boston headlines 2022 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team
Scoring numbers grab the voters' attention. Any player who averages 20 points a game is going to jump to the forefront.
And just a high level scan…..not a lot of love for point guards. Clark, Van Lith, Shelton, Harmon…..jump out at me. But most of the players are tall and high scoring. On top team they have Joens as a guard.
Ashley Joens named Cheryl Miller Award winner for second straight year over the likes of Rhyne Howard and Haley Jones. ******** politics in WBB are real.
And while we are at it... Kim Mulkey COY for improving LSU's record with a team full of fifth-year players? *SEC regular season champs? No. *SEC tournament champs? No. *NCAA tournament result? Thank you. Unlike most folks on here, I like Kim but this award is ridiculous. I can think of a handful off the top of my head I feel are far more deserving.
Who would you have given the award to? I wouldn't put VanDerVeer as she was expected to dominate the season as national defending champions. Collen maybe would have been considered had her team won the Big 12 Tournament championship and didn't exit the tourney on a whimper. I don't follow Wes Moore at NC State but sounds like he did an great job. No matter how we feel about Mulkey, she surpassed so many expectations her first year, even without a championship of any kind.
Like I said.... I like Kim. Yes, they did improve and she did do a great job. But not worthy of National Coach of the Year IMO. Wes Moore is actually one of the first to come to mind more deserving, or what about the job that the interim coach at Florida did? Then there's Jeff Walz and, hell, even Vic did more than Kim with basically 1.5 starters back and all the young and new players added to the roster.
Here is a good article on Wes Moore from tournament. If this doesn’t work someone needs to tell me how to post a link. Wes Is More
It’s a miracle! The link worked. I would strongly encourage folks to read the article. One of the four guys in the article has given our Sunday school class an update on the last 6 trips to watch Wes and NCState in the Sweet 16 and beyond. We got the latest update today and the experiences they have always make a good introduction to a good lesson. When Aston was fired, I was one espousing the virtues of hiring Wes Moore. I am totally happy with Schaefer. But what’s not to like about WM after reading that article. Wes is one of a kind.