Niang Big 12 POTW

[Dryburn]

Matt is going to light it up the next game. He's the only starter left to not be recognized by the Big 12!

Niang & Woodard Recognized With Men’s Basketball Awards - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site

 

[Dingus]

That makes 4 of 7 POW winners. With 4 different players. Gotta like that.

 

[Bigman38]

geez, this is a weekly thread anymore. I like it.

He's doing this while struggling to find his range, he is going to have a huge year.

Nice pic of Woodard carrying the ball.

 

[CycloneErik]

Sounds like depth.

 

[VeloClone]

That makes 4 of 7 POW winners. With 4 different players. Gotta like that.

And another player (some guy named Kane) has won the newcomer award twice as icing on the cake. That is 5 of ISU's starting 6 wink recognized by the league in 7 weeks (6 total awards).

 

[Triggermv]

Now, all we need is Matt Thomas to step up and grab one sometime and we've got everyone accounted for. While I like Matt, it may take a while for him to get his confidence up enough for him to hit that level. We will see though. I also see it more likely that he grabs a newcomer of the week award over a player of the week award.

 

[Clone1138]

Player of the Week? Try Player of the Year so far. I know there was some early worrying about maybe a sophomore slump, but Georges has been so amazingly clutch in both the Michigan, BYU and Iowa games. Plus he pretty much single-handedly kept the team going in the UNI game. I kind of laugh at his performance in the Auburn game because I think it's clear that he really performs best under pressure. Love that guy. And the statement during the post-game presser about it being a Cyclone State was the icing on the cake.

 

[Wesley]

Now, all we need is Matt Thomas to step up and grab one sometime and we've got everyone accounted for. While I like Matt, it may take a while for him to get his confidence up enough for him to hit that level. We will see though. I also see it more likely that he grabs a newcomer of the week award over a player of the week award.

I see no reason in the world that Matt cannot have a great tourney in Hawaii in front the President and his entourage. Why not?

 

[ChiefCy]

Player of the Week? Try Player of the Year so far. I know there was some early worrying about maybe a sophomore slump, but Georges has been so amazingly clutch in both the Michigan, BYU and Iowa games. Plus he pretty much single-handedly kept the team going in the UNI game. I kind of laugh at his performance in the Auburn game because I think it's clear that he really performs best under pressure. Love that guy. And the statement during the post-game presser about it being a Cyclone State was the icing on the cake.

What was really the highlight was Hoiberg's response " Thanks George" I cracked up laughing

 

[Go2Guy]

Matt is going to light it up the next game. He's the only starter left to not be recognized by the Big 12!

Niang & Woodard Recognized With Men’s Basketball Awards - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site

Holy crap, so far into this season we dominate the POW awards!

 

[UraMallas]

What was really the highlight was Hoiberg's response " Thanks George" I cracked up laughing

He said, "Nice Georges - God." Hoiberg could care less on that one... but not much.

 

[iacyguy]

Matt won't get any award like this for a while i think. Im sure all of you Matty Ice lovers hate me for sharing that. Hes more of a steady eddy. He doesn't shoot enough to score more then around 15 a game. 10-17 pts and 5 rebs isn't going to win any weekly awards. I would love to see him shoot more but he seems content to shot fake everything and pass it back around. I find myself begging him to shoot the damn ball.

 

[oldman]

6 awards in 8 games. Wonder how many they'll have by the end of the season?

 

[NickTheGreat]

Good for him. He's a helluva player and I'm glad to see him get the official recognition :yes:

 

[VeloClone]

Player of the Week? Try Player of the Year so far. I know there was some early worrying about maybe a sophomore slump, but Georges has been so amazingly clutch in both the Michigan, BYU and Iowa games. Plus he pretty much single-handedly kept the team going in the UNI game. I kind of laugh at his performance in the Auburn game because I think it's clear that he really performs best under pressure. Love that guy. And the statement during the post-game presser about it being a Cyclone State was the icing on the cake.

There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good with numbers and those who aren't.

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

Looks like Andy Katz names Niang his national player of the week. Huge props to Georges!
ESPNAndyKatz Andy Katz
“@CycloneMBB: @ESPNAndyKatz names Georges Niang his national player of the week. http://t.co/XzuudTeCpl”
48 minutes ago