Tag: Bob Cousy Award

Notre Dame guard Markus Burton makes ESPN preseason top 100

The Irish have a nice player.

[autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag] had quite a freshman season for Notre Dame a season ago. He was the straw that stirred a young Irish team, leading everybody in scoring, assists and steals. For his efforts, he was named the ACC Rookie of the Year and Third Team All-ACC.

Burton’s opening act for the Irish has meant greater expectations for him as a sophomore, and those haven’t gone unnoticed. He’s been named to the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, which is given to the best male point guard in the country. That alone would make anyone notice.

Now, ESPN has decided he’s worthy of being called one of the best players in college basketball this season. Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf have assembled their list of the top 100 players in the sport entering this season. Not only has Burton cracked the list, but he’s all the way up at No. 40.

Here’s their entry for Burton:

“Burton gave ND fans a reason to smile in a 13-20 season – [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]’s first year in South Bend. The 5-foot-11 guard, averaged 17.5 points a game as a freshman, finishing with 20 points or more in 11 games. If he can become a consistent threat from the 3-point line (30%), the all-ACC third team pick could mature into one of the expanded conference’s best players.”

We soon will see how accurate these predictions are.

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Three Notre Dame basketball players make point guard award watch lists

Who would you most trust to run your offense?

Even as basketball moves more and more towards a positionless game, offenses still rely heavily on their point guards. Notre Dame is blessed to have a lot of talent up top for both the men’s and women’s teams. People nationwide are starting to take notice, too.

For the past two years, one of [autotag]Olivia Miles[/autotag] or [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] has been running the Irish’s offense and done very well at it. Now, they finally will join forces for the first time this season, and there might not be a backcourt in women’s basketball that can compete with it.

So it should come as no surprise that both Miles and Hidalgo have been named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List. If either of them wins this award, which is given to the top female point guard in the country, they would be the second player in Irish history to win this award after [autotag]Skylar Diggins[/autotag] in 2012 and 2013:

On the men’s side, Markus Burton is trying to build up a campaign in which he was named the ACC Rookie of the Year. The Mishawaka native is off to a good start by being named to the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, which is awarded to the best male point guard in the country. He would be the first Irish player to win it:

Point guards are not in short supply at Notre Dame. We can say at least that much when it comes to basketball.

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Zakai Zeigler named to Bob Cousy Award midseason watch list

Zakai Zeigler named to the Bob Cousy Award midseason watch list.

Tennessee junior Zakai Zeigler has been named to the Bob Cousy Award midseason top 10 watch list.

The list was released by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award is named in honor of 1971 Hall of Fame and former Holy Cross point guard Bob Cousy.

The award recognizes the top point guard in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the list of 10 candidates.

Zeigler is joined on the list by Max Abmas (Texas); Boo Buie (Northwestern); Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas); Tyler Kolek (Marquette); Tristen Newton (UConn); Jahvon Quinerly (Memphis); Jamal Shead (Houston); Isaiah Stevens (Colorado State) and Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M).

Zakai Zeigler named to Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list

Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler named to Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list.

Tennessee junior point guard Zakai Zeigler has been named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year preseason watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award is named in honor of former Holy Cross and Boston Celtics guard for the top point guard in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball.

Zeigler is one of 20 players named to the watch list, determined by a national panel of top college basketball personnel.

Zeigler earned 2022-23 All-SEC second-team honors and was one of 10 semifinalists for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.

He averaged 10.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.0 assists per game, helping lead the Vols to a 25-11 (11-7 SEC) record. Tennessee reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season.

Michigan State basketball PG reacts to being snubbed from top PG list

AJ Hoggard reacted to being snubbed from the Bob Cousy Award watch list:

The college basketball season is right around the corner and teams are gearing up up for the 2023-24 season. With preparations beginning, media preparations are also beginning and that includes preseason watch lists, as well as, all-conference and all-American teams.

The preseason Bob Cousy Award list was recently dropped, an award given to the top point guard in the country, and Spartan point guard AJ Hoggard was snubbed from the list.

Hoggard reacted to being snubbed from the list via his X profile:

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Michigan State basketball PG snubbed from preseason Bob Cousy Award List

A Spartan was snubbed from the preseason Bob Cousy Award watch list:

The college basketball season is right around the corner and teams are gearing up up for the 2023-24 season. With preparations beginning, media preparations are also beginning and that includes preseason watch lists, as well as, all-conference and all-American teams.

The preseason Bob Cousy Award list was recently dropped, an award given to the top point guard in the country, and Spartan point guard AJ Hoggard was snubbed from the list.

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