Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
In the KPOY era (2011 on), Dickinson ranks 3rd in KPOY rating only behind 2012 TRob and 2020 Dotson.
2017 Mason was 6th in that year.
Keep beating off to Kenpom. Thats all you do. Looks at Kenpom. Has only opinion due to Kenpom. Frank Mason is nine times the Jayhawk that fkn Cunter Dickinson is.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Kansas guard Frank Mason III has won the James A. Naismith Trophy as the top college basketball player.
The award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club was announced Sunday in Arizona near the site of the Final Four.
Mason adds to his awards haul with the honor, having already won Associated Press player of the year on Thursday.
Mason beat out Lonzo Ball of UCLA, Josh Hart of Villanova and Caleb Swanigan of Purdue in voting by a panel of journalists, current and former coaches, conference commissioners and former Naismith winners. Voting was conducted during the NCAA tournament.
Mason says winning the award with Naismith's name on it brings his experience full circle because Naismith invented the game and was the first coach at Kansas.
Kansas coach Bill Self tweeted congratulations to Mason III after the announcement. Mason in turn tweeted his gratitude for everything he's learned from Self.
Mason led the Big 12 in scoring and averaged 20.9 points. The Jayhawks were eliminated in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament by Oregon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Keep beating off to Kenpom. Thats all you do. Looks at Kenpom. Has only opinion due to Kenpom. Frank Mason is nine times the Jayhawk that fkn ****er Dickinson is.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Kansas guard Frank Mason III has won the James A. Naismith Trophy as the top college basketball player.
The award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club was announced Sunday in Arizona near the site of the Final Four.
Mason adds to his awards haul with the honor, having already won Associated Press player of the year on Thursday.
Mason beat out Lonzo Ball of UCLA, Josh Hart of Villanova and Caleb Swanigan of Purdue in voting by a panel of journalists, current and former coaches, conference commissioners and former Naismith winners. Voting was conducted during the NCAA tournament.
Mason says winning the award with Naismith's name on it brings his experience full circle because Naismith invented the game and was the first coach at Kansas.
Kansas coach Bill Self tweeted congratulations to Mason III after the announcement. Mason in turn tweeted his gratitude for everything he's learned from Self.
Mason led the Big 12 in scoring and averaged 20.9 points. The Jayhawks were eliminated in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament by Oregon.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
Nice to see the real KU guys have good games on their final nights in Mayo, Juan and KJ. Jayhawk blood.
Definitely!
And despite all the crap I've said about him this year, KJ has been good the past 5 games or so. Too bad he couldn't play like that every game. [Reply]
Self: I still think there's enough gas in the tank that we can play our best moving forward & today was a big step in that direction. We needed confidence from the way the game went and we got that... #KUbball
I will say that if I was a #1 or #2 seed in the tourney, I would hate the committee for making us a 7/8 seed. We have the seed resume profile of a 6 and the talent level of a team much higher than that. [Reply]
