Just a question, but is ACC POY based on all season long, including non conference games or are just conference games used in this decision?
I feel that with three more excellent/clutch performances and 3 Duke wins, G SHOULD BE a lock to win the ACC Player of the Year. He may even have a good arguement if we win two of three and he continues to play the way he has been. There has been no one better in ACC play from mid-season on and I do not expect the trend is going to change. G is dialed in and is flat out playing some sick basketball. Oh and by the way, he seems to have developed into a great team leader right before our eyes. There is no one in the ACC I would rather have right now and what he has done after somewhat of a slow start is deserving of All-American consideration.
Just a question, but is ACC POY based on all season long, including non conference games or are just conference games used in this decision?
I made the same comment after the game Wednesday night. If the season ended today, I would have to vote Gerald ACC Player of the year.
I feel Gerald needs to have really good games in 2 of the last 3 regular season games and Duke needs to win at least 2 of those games. If that happens I believe he has a great shot at POY.
If Duke wins out, then to me it is a done deal. To date he has been the most consistent in league play of all the POY candidates.
The First-Team All ACC selections are going to be very interesting. It would be criminal if Hansflop makes 1st team, but much to my dismay I almost guarantee it will happen.
GH is not a lock, but he is a serious contender. Let the cards fall where they may, if it doesn't happen at least he knows he has earned real consideration. It's his for the pre-season taking next year.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
The ACC POY race is as wide open as I can remember it. I think G is in the discussion, but it's far from a lock, in my mind. Gerald, Tyrese Rice, Beaker, Lawson, Teague, McClinton, Vasquez, Toney Douglas, and Trevor Booker all probably have legitimate cases.
I'm borderline rooting against him... I really really really want to see a team with Juniors Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler with Seniors Singler, Scheyer, and Thomas and with Plumlee and Williams a year older.
For whatever reason, my little mind believes that if Henderson doesn't win any individual honors this year (especially if a Tarheel wins ACC POY) and feels cheated, he might just come back next year to wreak havoc on the Corpse of Carolina and the rest of the ACC. Of course this is provided that we don't make the Final Four. If we do, Bye Bye.
Please pardon my ignorance, but who determines the ACC PoY: coaches, selected media, others? I ask because -- regardless of the merits -- that may be fundamental to who is selected. Incidentally, I agree with those who suggest that G’s performance has been outstanding and warrants serious PoY consideration, but he is certainly not a “lock” (Hansbrough, Rice, Lawson, Teague, Douglas, Booker, and others).
The official All-ACC, POY, All-Defensive teams, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards are determined by the Atlantic Cost Sports Media Association. The deadline for voting is March 8, i.e. before the tournament. The All-ACC team is NOT position-specific. There are no specific guidelines linking team success or conference v. non-conference games to the voting. It is up the leanings and the competence of the electorate.
Al Featherston had a (typically) very nice article in a recent issue of the ACC Area Sports Journal discussing the vagaries over the years of the POY voting.
Hmmm... we have Junior Kyle Singler and Seniors Singler... I assume the second Singler should have been Henderson? Or am I missing someone else?
Frankly, I think ACC POY will play a minute role in G's decision to stay or go.
That said, I very much want him to stay.
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Gerald Henderson is having a great year, but the award is player of the YEAR.
The top canidates for me are Douglas, Lawson, and Henderson.
But Toney Douglas is in the top ten of most individual categories in the ACC.
He's the second leading scorer, and he's a do it all guy.
He has individually lead FSU to one of their best seasons of the decade. In my mind he is the ACC POY, and Coach Hamilton is the ACC COY.
But I do think that Lawson and Henderson have a good chance as well.
But for the full body of work, it has to be Douglas.
His numbers aren't any better than Teague's or Hansbrough's. G is averaging 20 pts/game in ACC play on 51 percent shooting in ACC play... Douglas' FG% in ACC play is 43%. FSU lost to Duke... Douglas had 18 (7-23), Henderson had 25 (9-14). No way Douglas deserves it over Henderson.
My top 5 players for ACC POY:
Lawson - UNC's MVP. 16 pts/gm on the year, 6 assists... but his defense has killed them in their losses. He was lit up by Teague, Vasquez, and Rice for their 3 losses. Major negative against him.
Henderson - 20.1 pts/gm in ACC play, 16 pts and rising on the year. Led his team to 2nd place in the ACC (so far). No major negatives, he started out kind of slow, but if you look at it, he only has 4 games under double-digit scoring all year. Not bad.
Teague - Started out well in league play, but has been only marginal lately compared to before. He needs several big games in a row to win it. 20 pts/gm on the year.
Douglas - 20 pts/gm on the year, but 43% fg %. Not very efficient. Led his team to a good season, but no wins over UNC/Duke/Wake. The last 3 games will be important for him.
Hansbrough - Good stats, but he was never the difference-maker on UNC (Lawson is). He was bad in all of the losses and not great in the Duke game, where Lawson torched Duke. I can only see giving him the award if everyone else has terrible games down the stretch and he starts dropping 30+ every time.
Right now I'd have trouble voting between Lawson and Henderson. I think the last 3 games will make the difference, especially the UNC/Duke game.
UNC leads the conference, and every team that plays UNC begins their game plan trying to figure out how to stop TH, not Lawson. While it's hard to get any respect for him from fans, the opposing coaches seem to understand. TH is easily first team all Acc.
Lawson has had some big games, and been pretty consistant. He should be all acc as well.
Add McClinton and Teague, IMO.
If I had to vote today, I would vote for Henderson as POY. He's been a leader by example and a stud on the floor against anyone matched up against him in the league.