Who's best in the Big 5?

My post last night generated a great debate in the comments about who the best player in the Big 5 is this season.

So with Temple's game against Saint Louis literally the only sporting contest in town tonight, I figured I'd keep the debate going by asking all of you to cast your vote.

Naturally, the Owls' leading candidate, Dionte Christmas, scored only

» READ MORE: eight points in 25 minutes

against the Bilikens before

» READ MORE: leaving the game

with a nasty cut over his eye.

But there's no question he ought to be in the conversation for this year's Geasey Award, also known as the Big 5 MVP.

It seems to me that the leading candidates for the award right now are Christmas, Ahmad Nivins of St. Joe's (who got

» READ MORE: Phil Martelli's vote

last night) and Dante Cunningham of Villanova. So they're the main candidates in the poll, but if you think someone else is more deserving you can vote that way too. Leave a comment below if you do so.

By the way, the Line of the Game from Temple's

» READ MORE: 65-40 blowout

has to go to Lavoy Allen, who made his first eight field goal attempts en route to a game-high 16 points.

I wonder if Allen used

» READ MORE: this Joe Lunardi column

on ESPN.com, which has some not-so-nice things to say about the Atlantic 10's season so far, as motivation.