Officially Speaking, Boeheim & Wes Johnson Are The Best In The Big East
by Sean Keeley on Mar 9, 2010 6:03 PM EST
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There's been a lot of website and news outlet All-Big East awards trickling in the last couple days and SU has been all over them. It's nice to see and appreciated. But let's be honest, they don't really...count. Right? No one is really waiting to hear what FoxSports All-Big East picks are (though they were very lovely). At the end of the day, it's about what the Coaches and Big East media say. And as for the coaches, they love Syracuse this year.
Not surprisingly, they've named Jim Boeheim the Big East Coach of the Year. Excuse me, the Oppenheimer Funds BIG EAST Coach of the Year. Free Oppenheimer funds for everyone, right?
In a much more surprising twist, Wes Johnson has been named Big East Player of the Year. I don't think most SU fans saw this coming, especially since we've spent most of the last week talking about how, quite frankly, Andy Rautins is probably the real MVP of the team. All due respect to Wes, who did put together a fantastic and memorable year. He deserves to be honored among the best...but even I have to wonder where this came from. I guess it must have come down to the fact that Syracuse beat Villanova head-to-head, that's the only way I think you can justify it. Expect to hear from some Scottie Reynolds' supporters on this one.
All that aside, congrats to Wes & Coach Boeheim. Shutting It Down refers to awards as well as basketball games.
Update: Debate Wes Johnson's statistics all day. There's no debating whether or not he's Most Awesome Wes Ever.
I wanna thank my teammates without them this wouldn't have been possible.!! I'm not the MVP WE ARE!!! Love yall man !! Indy here We Come!
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Ouch
WVU and Nova fans have a reason to gripe. Nova’s slide at the end of the year probably killed Reynold’s chances, but you could argue a lot for Butler. Looks like they just went with best player (arguable with Rautins) on the best team.
I'll take it.
After all, Wes is a better player than Scottie. He shouldn’t be punished for playing on a team with so many weapons that putting up 20+ points is unusual. If Nova shared the ball like Cuse does Scottie’s numbers would go down.
"The horse jumped over the f#@king fence."
- KV
Reynolds
averaged only half a shot more a game than Wes. I hate Scottie Reynolds a lot, but he did not jack up a million shots to get his numbers this year. Dude shot 48 percent as a guard. That is sick. He almost out FG percentaged Wes.
I think Wes defense bumped him up. Glad that wasn’t overlooked.
Fair enough, but I still think Wes would have outperformed Scottie if their teams were switched (and Wes wasn’t injured).
"The horse jumped over the f#@king fence."
- KV
Rautins
Agree w/ the author’s comments – Rautins is Syracuse’s MVP. Reynolds or Butler were more deserving of this one.
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Wes Johnson had a great season… just don’t agree w/ BE POY.
Congrats
Wes has been injured, but I don’t think there’s much question that he is the most all-around talented player in the BE. In spite of his injuries, he has not missed a game – hardly even missed a minute – and still played good defense and snagged a lot of boards.
Scottie and Butler have both had great seasons. This debate almost always comes down to the definition of the award. It is a Player of the Year award. Does that mean that you give it to the most talented player, the most valuable player, or the player who had the best season? In this case it seems that the voters went with the first option.
Congrats to Jimmy B too. Now he just needs to collect the National Coach of the Year. Oh, and a National Championship would be terrific too.
by DMF on Mar 9, 2010 8:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
it’s as if Avatar were to win best picture
by pizzavideogames on Mar 9, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
I thought Scottie Reynolds deserved it
But I’m very happy for Wes.
Jimmy B says
The best player on the best team in the Conference wins POY. He said if Villanova was that team, Reynolds would’ve won, and if W.Va was that team, then Butler would’ve won. Can’t argue with the Coach of the Year. Mazel tov to Wesley!
Ooo yea that's hot.
Look, there's a simple reason the coaches voted Wes as POY.
They want to MAKE SURE he’s out of the conference next year. End of story.
by firstmatewiggles on Mar 9, 2010 11:46 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
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