The MWC picked the wrong guy

There’s no doubt that Utah forward Shaun Green had the best week of his college career. But when you put his numbers side by side with BYU’s Jonathan Tavernari, I think Mountain West Conference officials should have given the player of the week honor to Tavernari. He scored 40 points in two games, made about 70 percent of his shots, at one point made six straight 3-pointers and grabbed 17 rebounds in two blowout wins. All I have to say is, what more could he have done? Again, Green had a great week. But Tavernari had a better one, and the honor should go to the player who had the best week. Tavernari also had the best week of his career, and the best week statistic wise of any player in the MWC. The only rationale that I can see is that the MWC felt Green’s play came in a more important game, and that whichever player had the best game in that critical SDSU/Utah game was going to get the honor.
Below are the numbers for both players, compare for yourself and come to your own conclusion. In my opinion, fairly close, but Tavernari’s numbers are still better and were the main reason BYU had two lopsided wins. Again, if the honor is going to go to the player who had the best week, it should have been Tavernari. If it goes to the player who played best in the biggest game of the week, then Green. But tell BYU’s coaches, players and fans that their two games were not important.
Maybe this was one of those rare weeks when they should have named co-players of the week, but to ignore what Tavernari did last week is just wrong.
Green – On the week, Green averaged 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 assists while shooting 63.2 percent from the field (12-for-19), 45.5 percent from three-point range (5-for-11 and 83.3 percent from the charity stripe (5-for-6).
Tavernari – On the week,Tavernari averaged 20 points, 8.5 rebounds, two assists while shooting 67 percent from the field (16-for-24), 70 percent from three-point range (7-for-10) and 1-for-1 from the free throw line.