Redbirdgrad wrote:Wufan wrote:Some good freshman out there in early play:
Bradley - DLO*, Barker*, Suggs, van Bree
MSU - Church*, Dixon
ISUr - Griffin
WSU - McDuffie*, Hamilton, Taylor
SIU - Fletcher
The 4 with * are looking like All-MVC freshman.
I find it odd Griffin is leading this vote, yet not chosen as among the All-MVC freshmen in your eyes. Are you seeing something different? Genuinely curious. I think when the bench & minutes tighten, Griffin will be on the positive side of that adjustment in conference and the numbers will creep up slightly from here.
Honestly looking at a 3rd person point of view here. Thanks!
During the preseason, nominees are submitted by the forum users. That list is compiled and any reasonable nominee is added to the list. Again, during the preseason, voting is done by the fans. Griffin had a bit of Redbird hype and received ten votes, probably from Redbird fans. Since no one has played a minute of basketball at the time of the voting, all votes are equally valid, but some end up more wrong than others.
At the time of my post there were 4 players averaging greater than 8 points and all other freshman were less than 6 (but we're top 50 in the MVC) So I highlighted the 4 freshman that had separated themselves at that time. I will update my picks periodically throughout the season, but the voting has no bearing on actual performance since it is a preseason poll.