Official MVCfans Prediction - 2012-13 Freshman of the Year

[Shockerfan13]

Baker has definately been impressive. And he is one strong dude. I thought Van Vleet would be showing a little more, but he was hurt for a while and missed alot of practice. So he is pretty far behind and we have some pretty damn good point guards. I will be patient. He did a couple things last night in the 2nd half that made me very happy and hopeful for the future.

[Wufan]

Baker and King, from Drake both stood out in their first official game as well as in the exhibitions. MSU has 4 freshman that have been equally impressive, if not more so. Bohannon, K Smith, Babineaux, Balentine and Mason also had good premiers. The sample size is still quite small, and only Baker, Balentine and Smith have faced a D-I team, so the award is far from in hand. Whomever wins the FOY will likely have earned it in a big way.

[DoubleJayAlum]

I've been pleasantly surprised with Andre Yates at CU. He won't get enough minutes to compete for this award, but I'm impressed with his skill set.

[C0|db|00ded]

If Baker keeps playing the way he is, the race for FOY won't even be close. But I suspect as FFV, Early, Wiggins, and DWill get untracked, the scoring will be shared a bit more. If Baker leads our team in scoring this season, you can just mail all trophies to Koch Arena. Before this season started, I didn't count on Baker for much. He is a complete surprise and a player that has just taken the Shockers from deep to scary-deep.


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[Heinro]

First off, I will completely agree that I am very excited about Baker. He is easily our best offensive option in our back-court. He defends; he can shoot; he is the prototypical Valley player. Otherwise though, we are extremely thin. We have some good bodies we can throw out but we are truly about 8 deep currently. FVV, Chadrick, and Wiggins have a long way to go before they are effective. Early is still in the same learning curve but his superior talent makes him valuable. If we don't go about 8 deep and figure out the traps we struggled against Saturday VCU may rip us up.