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Three Big Ten Point Guards Named to Cousy Watch List

Eric Clark — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:31:51 +0000

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame released its watch list for the 2015 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award on Tuesday, tabbing 36 players including junior Yogi Ferrell of Indiana, sophomore Derrick Walton Jr. of Michigan and freshman Melo Trimble of Maryland. Michigan’s Trey Burke was the last Big Ten player to win the award, doing so after leading the Wolverines to a runner-up finish in the 2012-13 season. Prior to Burke, Illinois’ Dee Brown last nabbed the honor In the 2005-06 campaign. A list of 20 Cousy Award finalists will be released in early February, [...]

Cousy Award Finalists Announced: Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor Still On the List

rtmsf — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:44:38 +0000

The Bob Cousy Award list was whittled down from its original 60+ names in the preseason to a more manageable 20 on Wednesday afternoon. In case you’ve lost track of what the Cousy is specifically for, it is the award given to the nation’s top point guard/floor general in college basketball. Often that player will also be in the running for National Player of the Year honors, as in the recent cases of Jameer Nelson (2004), Ty Lawson (2009), and Kemba Walker (2011). Last year, you might recall that Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor was somewhat infamously left off the February list [...]

ATB: It Wasn’t Lakers-Celtics

rtmsf — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:54:08 +0000

Some Quick Notes.

Clark Kellogg says that UConn, Louisville, Pittsburgh, UNC, Wake Forest and Oklahoma are his top tier of F4 contenders. Here are your Cousy Award nominees (the nation’s best PG).

The Battle to Finish Second Behind UCLA.

California 86, Washington 71. Saw most of this game – great win for the Bears to keep a recently-wobbly shop afloat. What struck us was how terrible UW’s defense was in this game – Cal nailed open shot after open shot in the second half and hit 52% for the game – we counted at least twelve possessions in a row where [...]