2023-24 6th Man of the Year Award Candidates

[hhcmatt]

Just wanted to throw out some other guys because it feels like as well as Wilcher is doing people tend to forget that other teams have guys as well

 

CJ Wilcher - NEB - 18.9 MPG, 9.7 PPG, 1.7 Reb, 1.1 assists, 52.6% FG, 48.3% 3pt

Mason Gillis - PUR - 19.6 MPG, 6.8 PPG, 3.5 Reb, 1.5 assists, 54% FG, 50.8% 3pt

Luke Goode - ILL - 24.4 MPG, 7.4 PPG, 4.0 Reb, 0.5 assists, 41.5% FG, 40.6% 3pt

Nick Martinelli - NW - 21.8 MPG, 7.3 PPG, 3.9 Reb, 0.9 assists, 52.8% FG, 36.4% 3pt

Tre Holloman - Mich - 19.9 MPG, 6 PPG, 1.3 Reb, 3.0 assists, 47.0% FG, 44.4% 3pt

Jahari Long - Mary - 18.9 MPG, 5.3 PPG, 1.4 Reb, 1.6 assists, 45.0% FG, 37.8% 3pt

Pharrel Payne - Min - 21.1 MPG, 9.6 PPG, 5.9 Reb, 1.5 blocks, 61.3% FG

Will Tschetter - Mich - 16.6 MPG, 6.9 PPG, 2.3 Reb, 0.7 assists, 61.9% FG, 57.6% 3pt

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

Looking at strictly numbers, Minny's Payne would be the front-runner, but Wilcher's impact is so high that he has to be in that top 2 for consideration, in my opinion.

[OurDecay]

I think this award is probably affected by team success.  If NU makes the dance that helps Wilcher win it IMO

[cornfed24-7]

48 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

Looking at strictly numbers, Minny's Payne would be the front-runner, but Wilcher's impact is so high that he has to be in that top 2 for consideration, in my opinion.

I was gonna say the same thing. When you look at that list it looks like a 2 man race. 

[AuroranHusker]

19 hours ago, OurDecay said:

I think this award is probably affected by team success.  If NU makes the dance that helps Wilcher win it IMO

 

Yep, that's what hurt Bryce McGowens in his pursuit of the 2022 Big Ten Freshman of the Year in his sole season in Lincoln. Malaki Branham of Ohio St. took it based on the Buckeyes being a better team, overall. Ironically Nebraska beat Ohio St. on the road near the end of the season because Bryce (26) outplayed Malaki (16) at Ohio St. So, yeah, it's definitely helpful to be among the better B1G teams than to be one of the also-rans in the league.

 

Edited February 3 by AuroranHusker

[Norm Peterson]

Don't know if anyone noticed, but in watching the highlights of the Wisconsin game, I heard Kevin Kugler say that CJ is the leading candidate for conference 6th man of the year. So, for what it's worth, someone in media is putting it out there.

Edited February 4 by Norm Peterson

[Art Vandalay]

3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Don't know if anyone noticed, but in watching the highlights of the Wisconsin game, I heard Kevin Kugler say that CJ is the leading candidate for conference 6th man of the year. So, for what it's worth, someone in media is putting it out there.

All the guys on BTN were saying it too

[HuskerFever]

7 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

3 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

Don't know if anyone noticed, but in watching the highlights of the Wisconsin game, I heard Kevin Kugler say that CJ is the leading candidate for conference 6th man of the year. So, for what it's worth, someone in media is putting it out there.

All the guys on BTN were saying it too

 

And I'm sure when a Purdue game is going on, the commentators say the same about Mason Gillis. Or Luke Goode when Illinois plays.

[hhcmatt]

3 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

And I'm sure when a Purdue game is going on, the commentators say the same about Mason Gillis. Or Luke Goode when Illinois plays.

 

That was the point to this exercise...to see if the claim about CJ held up