Sports Illustrated writer, Luke Winn, put out his power ranking earlier this week. This weeks ranking found the CATS at #12, but what’s more interesting was Winn’s take on why Terrence Jones may be losing in the race for Player of The Year…
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[QUOTE=SportsIllustrated.com]Should Terrence Jones be getting more love in the national player of the year race? He sits at third in the [URL=”http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/the_kpoy_a_familiar_face/”]latest kPOY standings[/URL], but [URL=”http://annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/connecticut-guard-kemba-walker-holds-a-close-lead-in-the-second-annarborcom-national-player-of-the-y/”]didn’t receive a single vote[/URL] in AnnArbor.com’s latest POY poll. Kemba was first, with Jimmer second and Sullinger third; I voted Jimmer-Kemba-Jared. (Votes were due Sunday, so the BYU-SDSU game was not taken into account. I was already on the Jimmer bandwagon.)
Jones hasn’t been dominating consistently in the SEC, but he’s the best (and highest-usage) player on a top-10 team in efficiency. I wonder if his issue is with branding; because coach John Calipari needs to keep pushing Jones to reach his potential as fast as possible, we hear more comments about him shooting too many threes, not passing enough, or being a selfish you-know-what rather than a star. But sometimes you see something like the play below — which is, I guess, a little selfish — and you’re reminded of just how spectacular Jones can be. Behold, from defensive rebound to fast break to left-right crossover to righty jam against South Carolina … Terrence Jones in Seven Seconds:[/QUOTE]
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You can [URL=”http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/luke_winn/01/27/power.rankings/index.html”]read the entire article here…[/URL]
[B]Do you think Jones has been getting “bad press” from his own Coach? If so, does it matter?
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