No POY for Tony.

[Green P1]

Silly.

http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=205388875

[foutsrouts]

Boneheads. You can't lead the league in all those categories and not be POY. Should have at least gotten defensive POY. Guess he's being punished for starting out in December and for being a Freshman. Needs to make up for it by being tourney MVP.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Dendy is a heckuva player.

I suppose the SBC wanted to reward the best player on the best team.

The coaches vote on this right? I wonder if the hype around Mitchell irritated them.

[Green Jackal]

Don't worry Tony, you'll get it next year!

[Green P1]

Did Dendy at least lead the league in the only category TM didn't? FG%?

[CMJ]

Motivation for Sunday? One could argue his two subpar games against ULL are what cost him the POY.

[greenminer]

He'll be tourney MVP if we win the dang thing.

[Harry]

Disappointing

[glick1980]

Did Dendy at least lead the league in the only category TM didn't? FG%?

No...

[UNT90]

Not surprising. I hope the MUTS go out in their 1st game with Dendy in early foul trouble and single digit points.

Robbed

[mgfan]

Wow, obliviously he is the best player in the sunbelt. I guarantee MTSU would trade Dendy for TMitch any day of the week if they could.

Edited February 29, 2012 by mgfan

[GrandGreen]

Don't blame the league, don't the coaches and sports writers vote on this. Yes, the player that everyone bases their defenses to stop and leader in just about every category is second to the best player of the best team. Who by definition has a much better team around him. OC play should have nothing to do with conference selections.

[Maduro]

He'll be tourney MVP if we win the dang thing.

if?

[NT03]

I blame Bob Marlin

[GreenBat]

I don't have a problem with Tony not getting POY. I've got a problem with Alzee Williams not being named all-conference.

[UNT90]

TM only played half a year (player of the year, not half a year),

CONFERENCE player of the year, not out of conference player of the year. That shouldn't have mattered.

[GrandGreen]

I can totally understand why he didn't win it. TM only played half a year (player of the year, not half a year), Dendy played on a championship team, and TM is a freshman. All likely counted against him.

I think he is the best player in the league, probably by far. But I get it.

You are obviously right, there had to be some rationale for giving it to someone who was undoubtable not the POY. However, the lack of oc play, being a freshman, and not being on the championship team, should have not mattered one bit especially when it was clear that Mitchell was the best player in the conference.

The award is not for best upper classmen or for outstanding non-conference play. Also the winner last year played on a fifth place in the division team if I am remembering right.

The voters IMO did a big disservice to the award. If the players were close I can see weighting those factors in, but the players were not close. I think there was more than a little lets show that big NBA talent that he is not so hot sentiment.

[greenminer]

life goes on.

[H-towngreen]

If you don't end up POY in the Belt then how are you going to be a first round pick. Sounds like Mr. Mitchell needs to stay another season and really work on his game.

[UNTMike81]

I sent a note about TM not winning POY to Sunbelt Conference questioning the wisdom of passing over Mr. Michell. My e-mail probably went to some tech. support mailbox. How knows!!!

[gksmith]

LaRon Dendy (Middle Tennessee, Sr., F) Player of the year.

Is the conference throwing Dendy a bone or something?

I am sure Dendy is a good player but is he good enought to be assured of going to the NBA?

Who did the voting on this? Did they not see Tony play?

[NT03]

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I don't have a problem with Tony not getting POY. I've got a problem with Alzee Williams not being named all-conference.

Bingo

[drex]

For you youngsters....many years ago Kenneth Lyons was voted co-player of the year in the Southland. He was robbed of the outright title by freshman Karl Malone. Lyons put 47 points on the Mailman as NT destroyed LaTech. Maybe some Tony revenge this coming weekend? Hope so.