The Dude wrote:
maybe 2nd team and 2nd team for JoeBam and Bishop?
It may be a stretch given the way voters tend to rely heavily on the top 3-4 teams in the league for the top spots. However, Bishop is on an insane tear right now that could very much get him in the mix. He’s currently sitting at 4th in the league in scoring, and the voters do tend to overweight that, so if he could climb to 1st or 2nd that could help. Would also help if we finish around .500, though despite the 4-4 start; the schedule is about to get a lot harder.
To your original question, I think it’s fairly wide open.
3 Davidson guys all in the mix for POY and 1st or 2nd team: Brajkovic, Loyer, and Lee. Lee is the top scorer, Loyer is the PG:leader, and Brajkovic has developed into the most well rounded big in the league who has incredible stats.
Josh Oduro is first in KenPom POY and leads the league in scoring. If Mason manages to finish top 4 (which I highly doubt), he’d probably be POY, but as long as he finishes as the top scorer and Mason has a winning record, he’s probably on the first team. D’Shawn Schwartz is in top 10 in scoring so could also get rewarded, but he feels more like a 3rd team type to me.
Vince Williams seems like he should clearly be 1st team. Great all around stats
Yuri Collins for SLU is definitely in the mix. Averaging over 8 apg. Yesterday he had something like 35 points, 13 assists, 5 boards, and 5 steals. Gibson Jimerson is tied for 2nd leading scorer and a great shooter (feels like 2nd team to me).
Dayton is in 2nd, which means the voters will look for someone, but they just have more even talent with no one in the top 25 in the league in scoring, so although they’ll dominate newcomer team, I don’t know if they have anyone at this point who makes 1st or 2nd team.
The Bonnies have not been the same since Lofton got hurt, but voters may have a hard time not putting Ossunyi or Lofton on the 2nd team once again (Lofton seemed to regain his form with a monster game vs Davidson, but let’s see how he finishes). Adaway is actually their leading scorer this year, so if Bona goes on a run he could get in the mix.
Richmond has three guys in contention for 1st or 2nd team: Jacob Gilyard, who I think is now all time NcAA steals leader; Grant Golden, whose all around game has him 4th in KenPom POY rank; and Tyler Burton who is 5th in scoring.
Darius Quisenberry is 2nd in scoring so voters probably rate him around Bishop, though I’d take Bishop easily.
Noah Fernandes is 6th in the league in scoring and 5th in assists, and shoots over 40% from three. He could easily wind up on the second team.
Jordan Hall is 2nd in the league in assists11th in assists, and tied with Joe Bam for 13th in scoring I would think bring top 15 in scoring, rebounds, and assists may be enough to get you on the 2nd team but certainly 3rd at worst. Taylor Funk could also be in the mix.
All of this to say, as great as Bishop’s run has been, I think 2nd team will be tough unless we finish really strongly and/or he moves up to 1st or 2nd in scoring (which is very possible).
But out of 3 Davidson guys, Oduro, Williams, Collins; Jimerson, 5 guys from Bona and Richmond, Noah Fernandes, and Jordan Hall, he would have to beat out at least 5 of them to make 2nd team (and that doesn’t even count guys like Schwartz or Quisenberry who could be in the mix)