How do you judge?
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00:00 The question of course is how much does a team's record affect whether a player should be named Player of the Year?
00:07 It matters. The definition of a good player is someone who can elevate the level of his team to make his team a winner.
00:15 Now, does that mean the team has to finish first? Not in my mind, but it has to finish close to the top.
00:23 I would never think that a player on a team that has a losing conference record should be named Conference Player of the Year, no matter what his stats are.
00:33 The player just hasn't elevated his team to a high enough level in my mind.
00:39 That has not always been the case in the Pac-10, Pac-12, whatever.
00:44 A couple of players have been named Player of the Year even though their team had a losing conference record.
00:50 That should not be the case. Most of them have been from first place teams, but just barely over half.
00:56 And a lot of them came from second place teams. But a few have come from lower than that.
01:02 So it would not be impossible for a player from a team that finished third or even lower to win Pac-12 Player of the Year.
01:10 This year, I think Simpson is my pick as of now. It's so close that I think the last two games could make a difference.
01:18 I think Simpson and Love are the only two contenders.
01:22 Somebody could claim that there are some other players that are in contention, but those are the only two players in my mind that should be in contention.
01:29 And how they perform this weekend and how their teams perform this weekend may affect who wins Player of the Year.