Enyeart WCC Player of the Year; Smith Coach of the Year!

Sometimes the loss of a key player causes everyone else to get better. The UP men's team this year may be an example. This is the first men's team in many years that did not have a marquee forward and, perhaps as a result, it's one of the most successful teams. When I've seen them this year, they seem to just look for the open man rather than trying to look to set up the star.

The women certainly have always had lots of weapons other than Michelle this season, but she was often the go-to player to whom they would look in order to get things going. Now each player will have to take on some of the creative responsibility and it could bring out the best in some of the others. I thought that both Kendall and Taylor were exceptional last night, and some of that could be them feeling like they had to penetrate more on their own rather than looking to play the ball in to the senior superstar.