Any argument about college basketball’s player of the year should begin and end with Trae Young. He has far outpaced the field through this point of the season, and that holds true even when you factor in his two previous games, at West Virginia and against Texas Tech, neither of which met the exceedingly high standard he set during nonconference play despite yielding a combined 56 points and 14 assists. Young’s transcendence has drowned out other individual feats of brilliance around the country, but they shouldn’t be ignored altogether. Come March, the NPOY discussion could be more expansive than the Young-dominated one that fits the state of play, provided he doesn’t open up an even bigger lead between now and then.
Four Candidates Who Can Challenge Trae Young for the 2018 Player of the Year Award
