Is this the year?

[acoustimac]

This is def putting the cart before the horse, but bear with me. If ISU finishes the season in 2nd place after being picked to finish 6th preseason...is this the year Coach Fen FINALLY gets voted COY?

 

[geewago]

It may well come down between Bill or Carey of WV. He is playing with a very depleted roster up there. But with Tynice getting back on track as per TX etc he may surprise. The way this thing is looking it will not surprise me to see ISU, WV and TX all tied for second when the dust settles. Twas a great win tonight over Tech. 105 points, NBA style. But you must consider you're playing the bottom feeder in the league on your home court. Their defense is lacking. Meet up with a team whose defense has a pulse, ie WV, TX, BU you see what happened. The Clones still have to play all 3 of them again. To me it's vital that ISU win at least 2 of those 3. Do that and I say Bill is COY. Probably a shoo in.

 

[theshadow]

You basically have to win the league or tie for the title. There have only been 3 instances in 22 years where the COY didn't finish 1st/T-1st. 2016 and 2017 appear to be the "because Kim has gotten it 4 of the last 5 years" clause.

1997 Marian Washington, Kansas (1st)
1998 Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech (1st)
1999 Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech (1st)
2000 Sherri Coale, Oklahoma (T-1st with ISU and Tech; ISU was #1 seed)
2001 Sherri Coale, Oklahoma (1st)
2002 Deb Patterson, Kansas State (T-3rd; went from 2-14 to 11-5)
2003 Jody Conradt, Texas (1st)
2004 Jody Conradt, Texas (T-1st with KSU)
2005 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)
2006 Sherri Coale, Oklahoma (1st)
2007 Gary Blair, Texas A&M (T-1st with OU)
2008 Deb Patterson, Kansas State (1st)
2009 Sherri Coale, Oklahoma (1st)
2010 Connie Yori, Nebraska (1st)
2011 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)
2012 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)
2013 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)
2014 Mike Carey, West Virginia (T-1st with BU)
2015 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)
2016 Jim Littell, Oklahoma State (T-4th)
2017 Karen Aston, Texas (2nd)
2018 Kim Mulkey, Baylor (1st)