We aren’t talking enough about how good LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is

When this women's college basketball season began, most people thought that the National Player of the Year race would be three returning security guards. uconnwith Page Booker of USC's Juju Watkins Notre DameHannah Hidalgo.

And in fact, all three players have been very impressive this season, possibly securing a spot on the first team across the nation. The fourth player quickly rose to the top and took part in discussions and conversations at UCLA Center's Laurenbetts. Laurenbetts averages 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, starting 23-0 and is the core of the Bruins team that looks like a legitimate candidate for a national title.

But I feel like there's a fifth player to talk about the spots on the US team, and someone worth mentioning in the National Player of the Year race. For some reason, it flew under the radar in some way, perhaps the best meeting in the sport, a player in the marquee program.

LSUAnnitha Moreau of the world is worth speaking and worth some consideration in the honor of the nation.

Almost a year after the departure of stars like Angel Reese and Haley Van Lis, Kim Mulkey's Tigers have a 27-2 record, ranked seventh in the AP Top 25 poll, and is considered a team that can win the Final 4, where Brackets should be destroyed in their favor.

And certainly, Fraugé Johnson and Mikayla Williams' plays were crucial to the Tigers' success, but the majority of LSU's credits should go tomorrow that they didn't skip the beat during that post-lease era.

Consider that Morrow averages 17.9 points and 14.3 rebounds per game this season. The latter leads everything in Division I. These numbers show that domestic players are not rebounding and rebounding together, collectively and efficiently as Morrow's. Other players across the nation this season are also averaging 15 points and 12 rebounds per game. Only the other two – Illinois Kendall Bostic and Southern Illinois Uchenna – Come near: Bostic averages 15.5 and 11.3, while Uchenna for a while posts 14.3 and 13.1, respectively.

Since 2009 Moreau has been that One of only eight players Average boards with at least 17 and 14 points per season. Incidentally, every one of the things Morrow has this year has from the free throw line creates charity stripe shots with 74.5% clips. Morrow has the fewest turnovers on that list (including her former LSU teammate Reese), only Columbia's Judie Lomax in 2009-10 had more steel than Morrow's 2.5 per game.

It can be argued that there is nothing more that means there are no players for the team than Moreau means LSU this season. The six-foot front from Simeon High School in Chicago accounts for 20.9% of the Tigers' scores and 30.3% of the rebounds. By comparison, Betts will be responsible for around 25.2% of UCLA's scores and 22.2% of rebounds, while Watkins is good for 29.5% of USC's scoring and 16.3% of rebounds.

Morrow averages steals on average than Watkins, and has a better defensive rating and defensive victory share than Betts.

And it's worth noting that Moreau is accumulating her statistics in the SEC, not in the Big Ten. Certainly, both meetings are strong, but none of the best meetings are as strong as the SEC. When the NCAA Tournament Select Committee released its top 16 seeds earlier this month, it included six SEC teams and three Big Ten teams.

LSU has only lost two times on his resume this season and is taking part in road games in South Carolina and Texas. However, the Tigers did not fall into those games for Moreau. Against the Gamecocks, she was the highest scorer and rebounder on the floor with 15 points and 16 boards. In Texas, she posted 15 and 20. These games headed deep into the fourth quarter for Moreau.

If these stats aren't enough, take it from a coach who has planned a game plan for Moreau and has mostly failed to stop her.

• Dawnstay in South Carolina: “Anesa is really, really a hard guard. I told the team that the people who are playing this year will play like her. I don't think there's another person who plays like her… she had her way with us.”
• Tony Bozzela at Seton Hall: “Her effort is amazing. I mean, she's always rebounding the ball,” he said. “You know her understanding of her desires, where the rebound goes… Her motor is no match for anyone.”
• Vanderbilt's Siaralph: “I've been really blessed to coach some great players in my career. I remember when she transferred from DePaul to LSU. I was like, 'Damn, we're going to have to play against her.' Because I remember what she did with DePaul and how hard she played. There's no substitute for what those kids have in her mind… you can't coach it. You either have it or not. The child has so much inside her that he is now making her professional. She's a monster in a good way. ”

The next time Moreau notches the double double, it will be the 100th of her career. Only one other player in the history of Division I NCAA women's basketball is the one other player who hit that mark in Courtney Paris, Oklahoma. It's tomorrow Currently 6th With total rebound, he could finish his career rankings as the third best glass cleaner in women's college basketball.

Morrow, who began playing college ball at DePaul before transferring to LSU two years ago, is set to finish his career as one of the best post players ever, with or without national award recognition. She is rewriting the record book, her statistics are nothing but eye-opening, and her play leads her opposing coach showering her tributes.

What can you do if it's not included in the National Player of the Year conversation?

Markey summed it best Her radio show recentlyI provide this when asked about Moreau:

“Do I have to say more about her that hasn't been told?”