The kPOY: Pleasantly surprised
by Ken Pomeroy on Wednesday, February 9, 2011
There are no striking changes in the standings this week, so let me just say that it was nice to hear so many people criticize the Cousy Award for omitting Jordan Taylor from its list of ten finalists. Yay, assist-to-turnover ratio! (I’m actually not that big of a fan.) But also, for scoring 30 points in a 54-possession game. That’s the big issue, people - Taylor’s team has fewer possessions to rack up counting stats than any other team in the country. And yet, he’s still racking them up, and doing so with a historically low turnover rate.
At any rate, the race for the kPOY hasn’t changed at the top. This is when I remind everyone how postseason games count in the kPOY, something the “other guys” can’t say. It’s probably for the best that the Wooden and Naismith don’t include postseason games because I fear they would…