Seton Hall Basketball: Why Myles Powell will win 2020 Player of the Year

Seton Hall Basketball: Why Myles Powell will win National Player of the Year

By Brian Rauf | Oct 17, 2019

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 08: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates celebrates his shot in the first half against the Butler Bulldogs during quarterfinals of the Big East Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 08: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates celebrates after Keldon Johnson #3 of the Kentucky Wildcats misses a shot with time expiring as Seton Hall defeats Kentucky 84-83 in overtime of a college basketball game at Madison Square Garden on December 8, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /

Clutch plays

National Player of the Year voters don’t tend to put as much emphasis on “Heisman moments” as their college football counterparts do, but coming up big in a game’s most important stretches still makes a seismic impact in these kinds of races – and Powell proved time and time again last year that he’s at his best when his best is needed.

It started with Seton Hall’s upset of Kentucky on December 8, where he hit a number of clutch shots down the stretch.

That performance started a trend that continued throughout the rest of the season. In virtually every game Seton Hall played, there always seemed to be a point in the second half where Powell took over. This was especially true during that aforementioned run he went on in February and March.

He has proven he has the clutch gene and that’s not suddenly going to leave him. Sure, his teammates should improve and take some of the burden from him, but Powell is still Seton Hall’s unquestioned leader. He’ll have the ball in his hands in every game’s most important moments, and we should expect more thrilling performances from him.

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