Friday, January 15, 2016

Midseason Wooden Award list disagreements

The midseason list for the John R. Wooden Award has been released:

Jillian Alleyne, Oregon

Ameryst Alson, Ohio State

Rachel Banham, Minnesota

Nia Coffey, Northwestern

Nina Davis, Baylor

Diamond DeShields, Tennessee

Moriah Jefferson, Connecticut

Brionna Jones, Maryland

Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State

Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina

Kelsey Plum, Washington

Aerial Powers, Michigan State

Azura Stevens, Duke

Breanna Stewart, Connecticut

Morgan Tuck, Connecticut

Brianna Turner, Notre Dame

Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland

Courtney Williams, South Florida

A'ja Wilson, South Carolina

When I voted last week, this was my list:

Jillian Alleyne, Oregon

Kristine Anigwe, California

Shacobia Barbee, Georgia

Adut Bulgak, Florida State

Jordin Canada, UCLA

Nia Coffey, Northwestern

Nina Davis, Baylor

Jonquel Jones, George Washington

Kelsey Minato, Army

Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State

Kelsey Plum, Washington

Aerial Powers, Michigan State

Shereesha Richards, UAlbany

Azura Stevens, Duke

Breanna Stewart, Connecticut

Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland

Jamie Weisner, Oregon State

Courtney Williams, South Florida

A'ja Wilson, South Carolina
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I stand behind my ballot.

Leaving Jonquel Jones and Shereesha Richards off, in particular, is a travesty. And there's no way some schools should have multiple players on this list.

And the Pac-12 has the highest RPI of any conference in DI, but has only two players on the list? No way.

I'm truly stunned.

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