Two Young NCAA Hoops -Stars have pulled on during the Player of the Year

The core: Seam Women’s conference tournaments Tip of, and men’s final final approach to regular season, two young people move on during the sport’s highest individual honor: Player of the Year (POY).

• There are several POY Heads Certifications, including the Wood Price and those awarded by AP and other media. But if we had to choose one as the most prestigious, it would be Naismith.

Cooper Flagg, No. 2 Duke Men: The aforementioned beginner fenom is 18 years old and Playing already at a Pro level. Comes in on 6-foot-9, he is as agile as a point guard, strong in the paint as a Power Forward, and Hard as nails. You only need to check his statistics (28 points, eight rebounds, seven assists) from Monday’s 93-60 spanking of Wake Forest to see why he is POY Frontunner.

• However, Flagg has some fierce competition from a few league veterans, namely No. 1 Auburn tip Johni Broome. Voters also like Creightons Ryan Kalkbrenner who was a rebound away from his third equal double-double Last night.

Juju Watkins, No. 2 USC women: She is only someone else but the guard that could chase down Iowa alun Caitlin Clarks Division in -Scoring recordalready have on your own revived the Trojans. She pulled on in the POY race last Saturday as the USC secured the Big Ten championship in regular season with their win over No. 4 UCLA And their own POY candidate, Lauren Betts.

• Although Watkins is the heavy favorite, other challengers include # 3 Uconn -vagt Paige Bueckers who have been the face of the game for years, and Fellow 2023–24 Semi -finalists Madison Booker of No. 1 Texas and Hannah Hidalgo by No. 6 Notre Dame. Stars, rising.