Matisse Thybulle or Jaylen Nowell?
With two games remaining in the regular season, the Pac-12 player of year race has seemingly narrowed to Washington’s dynamic duo.
Statistically, Tres Tinkle is the strongest candidate in the conference and the Oregon State star can make a closing argument for the award Wednesday night when the Huskies host the Beavers at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Tinkle is the only Pac-12 player ranked among the league’s top 10 in points (20.1, 2nd), rebounds (8.0, 5th), steals (44, 5th) and assists (109, 10th).
And yet, it would be a surprise if anyone other than Nowell or Thybulle won the coveted player of the year award considering Washington (23-6, 14-2 Pac-12) has dominated the Pac-12 and clinched the outright regular-season conference championship last week.