WVU Point Guard Jevon Carter on Robertson, Olson Preseason Watch Lists as Among Nation's Best
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on November 07, 2017
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 32 outstanding players for its 2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List. Members of the association's board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy. West Virrginia University's Jevon Carter is on the list.
The award is to be presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio.
Listed after the players for the Oscar Robertson Award is information on the Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award was also released. Carter was also on that list.
First, for the Robertson Trophy the Atlantic Coast Conference has eight players on the list to lead all conferences, led by preseason ACC Player of the Year Bonzie Colson of Notre Dame. Duke senior Grayson Allen and three prized Blue Devil freshmen give the nation's preseason No. 1 team a national-best four players on the list. Colson and Allen are among 11 seniors tabbed by the USBWA as a national player of the year candidate.
Nine other conference preseason players of the year made the USBWA list, including seniors Devonté Graham of Kansas and Yante Maten of Georgia, one of three co-players of the year from the SEC.
In addition to Duke's three first-year standouts, six other freshmen were tabbed by the USBWA as candidates for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, including Missouri's Michael Porter Jr., also among the SEC's preseason co-players of the year.
The nation's leading returning scorer, junior Mike Daum of South Dakota State (25.1 points per game a year ago) and Seton Hall senior Angel Delgado, who led the nation with 13.1 rebounds per game last season, are among the 32 preseason candidates.
Arizona (Deandre Ayton and Allonzo Trier) and Kentucky (Hamidou Diallo and Kevin Knox) also boast teammates named to the watch list as the SEC had seven players and the Pac-12 had four given mention. Fifteen of the 32 players are listed as forwards, with 14 guards and three centers making the list. Four selections are international players.
Following is the complete watch list:
2017-18 OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST (32)
G Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure (6-2, 190, Sr., Baltimore, Md.)
F Deng Adel, Louisville (6-7, 200, Jr., Melbourne, Australia)
G Grayson Allen, Duke (6-5, 205, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.)
G KeVaughn Allen, Florida (6-2, 193, Jr., Little Rock, Ark.)
F Deandre Ayton, Arizona (7-1, 250, Fr., Nassau, Bahamas)
F Marvin Bagley III, Duke (6-11, 234, Fr., Phoenix, Ariz.)
C Mohamed Bamba, Texas (6-11, 225, Fr., New York, N.Y.)
G Joel Berry II, North Carolina (6-0, 195, Sr., Apopka, Fla.)
G Trevon Bluiett, Xavier (6-6, 198, Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.)
F Miles Bridges, Michigan State (6-7, 225, So., Flint, Mich.)
G Bruce Brown Jr., Miami (6-5, 190, So., Boston, Mass.)
G Jalen Brunson, Villanova (6-3, 190, Jr., Lincolnshire, Ill.)
G Jevon Carter, West Virginia (6-2, 205, Sr., Maywood, Ill.)
F Wendell Carter Jr., Duke (6-10, 259, Fr., Atlanta, Ga.)
F Gary Clark, Cincinnati (6-8, 225, Sr., Clayton, N.C.)
F Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame (6-6, 224, Sr., New Bedford, Mass.)
F Mike Daum, South Dakota State (6-9, 150, Jr., Kimball, Neb.)
C Angel Delgado, Seton Hall (6-10, 245, Sr., Bajos de Haina, D.R.)
G Hamidou Diallo, Kentucky (6-5, 198, Fr., Queens, N.Y.)
G Trevon Duval, Duke (6-3, 186, Fr., New Castle, Del.)
G Devonté Graham, Kansas (6-2, 185, Sr., Raleigh, N.C.)
C Ethan Happ, Wisconsin (6-10, 235, Jr., Milan, Ill.)
F Kevin Knox, Kentucky (6-9, 215, Fr., Tampa, Fla.)
C Jock Landale, Saint Mary's (6-11, 255, Sr., Malvern East, Australia)
F Yante Maten, Georgia (6-8, 240, Sr., Pontiac, Mich.)
F Chimezie Metu, USC (6-11, 225, Jr., Lawndale, Calif.)
F Michael Porter Jr., Missouri (6-10, 215, Fr., Columbia, Mo.)
G Collin Sexton, Alabama (6-3, 190, Fr., Mableton, Ga.)
G Landry Shamet, Wichita State (6-4, 180, So., Kansas City, Mo.)
F Reid Travis, Stanford (6-8, 245, Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.)
G Allonzo Trier, Arizona (6-5, 205, Jr., Seattle, Wash.)
F Robert Williams, Texas A&M (6-10, 241, So., Oil City, La.)
Here is the Olson Award release.
The 2017-18 Lute Olson Award preseason Watch List was announced on Monday.
The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons.
Lute Olson won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
The 2017-18 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on March 31, 2018 at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Event in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship
2017-18 LUTE OLSON PRESEASON WATCH LIST
Jalen Adams 6-3 Jr. Connecticut
Deng Adel 6-7 Jr. Louisville
Peyton Aldridge 6-8 Sr. Davidson
Grayson Allen 6-5 Sr. Duke
Joel Berry II 6-0 Sr. North Carolina
Trevon Bluiett 6-6 Sr. Xavier
Miles Bridges 6-7 So. Michigan State
Bruce Brown Jr. 6-5 So. Miami
Jalen Brunson 6-3 Jr. Villanova
Jevon Carter 6-2 Sr. West Virginia
Joe Chealey 6-4 Sr. Charleston
Gary Clark 6-8 Sr. Cincinnati
Chris Clemons 5-9 Jr. Campbell
Bonzie Colson 6-6 Sr. Notre Dame
Mike Daum 6-9 Jr. South Dakota State
Tyler Davis 6-10 Jr. Texas A&M
Angel Delgado 6-10 Sr. Seton Hall
Shannon Evans II 6-2 Sr. Arizona State
Marcus Foster 6-0 Sr. Creighton
Nana Foulland 6-9 Sr. Bucknell
Devonte Graham 6-2 Sr. Kansas
Tyler Hall 6-4 Jr. Montana State
Ethan Happ 6-10 Jr. Wisconsin
Kevin Hervey 6-9 Sr. UT Arlington
Aaron Holiday 6-1 Jr. UCLA
Ben Lammers 6-10 Sr. Georgia Tech
Jock Landale 6-11 Jr. Saint Mary's
Kelan Martin 6-7 Sr. Butler
Yante Maten 6-8 Sr. Georgia
E.C. Matthews 6-5 Sr. Rhode Island
Jordan McLaughlin 6-1 Sr. USC
Chimezie Metu 6-11 Jr. USC
Shake Milton 6-6 Jr. SMU
Chima Moneke 6-6 Sr. UC Davis
Landry Shamet 6-4 So. Wichita State
D'Marcus Simmonds 6-3 So. Georgia State
MaCio Teague 6-3 So. UNC Asheville
Reid Travis 6-8 Jr. Stanford
Allonzo Trier 6-5 Jr. Arizona
Robert Williams 6-10 So. Texas A&M
