Indiana senior forward Tucker DeVries is on the preseason Naismith Trophy preseason watch list, as it was announced on Monday.
The Naismith player of the year is awarded to the top player of the college basketball season and is the most prestigious award you can win in college basketball. The previous five winners of the award are listed below, with four of them being forwards.
Last week Indiana star forward Tucker DeVries was named to the preseason watch list for the Julius Erving Award, which goes to the top small forward in college basketball.
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DeVries, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, has tallied 1,986 points, 626 rebounds, 283 assists, and 139 steals in 112 games during his four-year career. He holds career averages of 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.
Indiana has had two winners of the award which include: (Scott May, 1976 and Calbert Cheaney, 1993) since the start of the Naismith Trophy, the most prestigious award in college basketball, following the 1968-69 season.
Cooper Flagg at Duke won the award last year, while Zach Edey from Purdue won the two years prior.
The Indiana Hoosiers will open the season at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 5, against Alabama A&M at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
He is listed among 50 players who were listed on the preseason Naismith Player of the Year watchlist.
Below is the full list:
Darius Acuff Jr. Freshman Guard Arkansas
Nate Ament Freshman Forward Tennessee
Robbie Avila Senior Center St. Louis
Solo Ball Junior Guard UConn
Nate Bittle Senior Center Oregon
John Blackwell Junior Guard Wisconsin
Cameron Boozer Freshman Forward Duke
Mikel Brown Jr. Freshman Guard Louisville
Markus Burton Junior Guard Notre Dame
Alex Condon Junior Forward/Center Florida
Ryan Conwell Senior Guard Louisville
Donovan Dent Senior Guard UCLA
Tucker DeVries Senior Forward Indiana
Josh Dix Senior Guard Creighton
A.J. Dybantsa Freshman Forward BYU
Zuby Ejiofor Senior Forward St. John's
Isaiah Evans Sophomore Guard/Forward Duke
Boogie Fland Sophomore Guard Florida
Ja'Kobi Gillespie Senior Guard Tennessee
P.J. Haggerty Junior Guard Kansas State
Thomas Haugh Junior Forward Florida
Bryce Hopkins Graduate Student Forward/Guard St. John's
Josh Hubbard Junior Guard Mississippi State
Graham Ike Graduate Student Forward Gonzaga
Tomislav Ivišić Junior Center Illinois
Ian Jackson Sophomore Guard St. John's
Alex Karaban Senior Forward UConn
Trey Kaufman-Renn Senior Forward Purdue
Xaivian Lee Senior Guard Florida
Yaxel Lendeborg Graduate Student Forward Michigan
Tamin Lipsey Senior Guard Iowa State
Jaland Lowe Junior Guard Kentucky
Nick Martinelli Senior Forward Northwestern
Otega Oweh Senior Guard Kentucky
Koa Peat Freshman Forward Arizona
Darryn Peterson Freshman Guard Kansas
Tahaad Pettiford Sophomore Guard Auburn
Labaron Philon Jr. Sophomore Guard Alabama
Richie Saunders Senior Forward BYU
Emanuel Sharp Senior Guard Houston
Jackson Shelstad Junior Guard Oregon
Braden Smith Senior Guard Purdue
Bennett Stirtz Senior Guard Iowa
Andrej Stojaković Junior Guard Illinois
Bruce Thornton Senior Guard Ohio State
JT Toppin Junior Forward Texas Tech
Joseph Tugler Junior Forward Houston
Milos Uzan Senior Guard Houston
Darrion Williams Senior Forward NC State
Caleb Wilson Freshman Forward North Carolina