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Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:36 pm
by PonyPride
Just saw the list reported on ESPN: Wooden Award top 20 includes SMU point guard Nic Moore.

Press release presumably on the way...

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:58 pm
by smupony94
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Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:15 pm
by LA_Mustang
Sir Sic Nic

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:19 pm
by sadderbudweiser
So good to see Nic getting the recognition he deserves.

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:09 pm
by PonyPride
From SMUMustangs.com:

Nic Moore Named To Wooden Award Late Season Top 20
Accolade Is College Basketball's Most Prestigious Honor

Nic Moore
SMUMUSTANGS.COM
Nic Moore
SMUMUSTANGS.COM
Feb. 10, 2016

LOS ANGELES (SMU) – SMU senior Nic Moore was named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Wednesday. The accolade is college basketball’s most prestigious honor for the top player in the country.

Moore, the reigning American Athletic Conference Player of the Year is also one of ten finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. He was named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List and is a Senior CLASS Award Candidate.

This season, Moore has led No. 16 SMU to a 20-2 record. The Mustangs’ 9-2 record in The American gives them a one-game lead entering tonight’s game against Tulsa. SMU’s 18-0 start was the best in program history as the Mustangs were the last unbeaten team in Division I men’s basketball this season.

Moore leads SMU in scoring (15.8 points per game, 4th AAC), assists (5.0, 1st AAC) and steals (1.3, 4th AAC) while shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range (6th AAC) and posting a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd AAC). He also leads SMU in 3-pointers per game (2.6, 2nd AAC) and free throw percentage (83.1 percent, 5th AAC).

Last year, after leading the Mustangs to a 27-7 record and an AAC regular season and tournament title, Moore was named the AAC Player of the Year and was a unanimous All-AAC first team selection and earned District 25 first-team honors from the NABC. Moore was also selected Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention after recording team bests in scoring (14.5), assists (5.1) and steals (1.3) and leading the conference in free-throw percentage (.875) and three-point percentage (.416). SMU made its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 1993.

The Mustangs host Tulsa tonight at 8 p.m. CT on CBS Sports Network.

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:57 pm
by PonyTime
Looks like he did not make the 15. Was this based on online voting?

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:03 pm
by mtrout
Online voting is a joke. Kinda like online classes. $ bait

Nic should be top 5 at the least.

Re: Nic Moore in Wooden Award final 20

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:40 pm
by soccermom
Well if the award is based on online voting, it's not prestigious, but more of a joke.