PROVO, Utah-Monday, BYU men’s basketball sophomore guard Rob Wright III was named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List.
Wright, who averaged 11.5 points, 4.2 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game last season is the only representative of a Utah school to receive this honor.
Wright III is joined by the following:
Alabama sophomore guard Labaron Philon Jr. (10.6 points per game last season)
Arkansas freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. (23.7 points, 5 assists per game last season at IMG Academy of Bradenton, Fla.)
Auburn sophomore guard Tahaad Pettiford (11.6 points per game last season)
Florida sophomore guard Boogie Fland (13.5 points, 5.1 assists per game last season at Arkansas)
Houston junior guard Milos Uzan (11.4 points, 4.2 assists per game last season)
Iowa senior guard Bennett Stirtz (19.2 points, 5.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds per game last season at Drake)
Iowa State junior guard Tamin Lipsey (10.6 points, 3.1 assists per game last season)
Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson (23.1 points, 9.1 assists per game last season at Prolific Prep of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Kentucky junior guard Jaland Lowe (16.8 points, 5.5 assists per game last season at Pittsburgh)
Louisville freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. (29. points per game last season at DME Academy of Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Michigan junior guard Elliot Cadeau (9.4 points per game last season at North Carolina)
Mississippi State junior guard Josh Hubbard (18.9 points per game last season)
Notre Dame junior guard Markus Burton (21.3 points per game last season)
Ohio State senior guard Bruce Thornton (17.7 points, 4.6 assists per game last season)
Purdue senior guard Braden Smith (15.8 points, 8.7 assists per game last season)
Tennessee senior guard Ja’Kobie Gillespie (14.7 points, 4.8 assists per game last season)
Texas Tech sophomore guard Christian Anderson (10.6 points per game last season)
UCLA senior guard Donovan Dent (20.4 points, 6.4 assists per game last season at New Mexico)
Connecticut junior guard Silas Demary Jr. (13.5 points, 3.1 assists per game last season at Georgia)
Wright and his BYU teammates start the season November 3 against Villanova at the T-Mobile Arena of Las Vegas.
