Anderson added to Cousy Award Watch List

LUBBOCK – Texas Tech sophomore Christian Anderson has been acknowledged as one of many 20 gamers for the Naismith Starting 5 – Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watch List. This prestigious award honors the most effective level guards in males’s school basketball and is offered by the Basketball Hall of Fame, highlighting the elite expertise within the sport.

The annual Bob Cousy Award, named after the Class of 1971 Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard, celebrates its twenty third yr by highlighting the highest level guard in school basketball.

Anderson, a 6-foot-3 level guard, returns for his second season at Texas Tech after averaging 10.6 factors, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals and three.0 rebounds per sport as a real freshman. He scored a career-high 22 factors in an additional time win over Arkansas within the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and completed the season with 4 video games scoring over 20 factors. An Atlanta, Georgia native, he earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors final season and was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team main into this yr. Anderson was tied for the crew lead final season with 71 made 3-pointers and led the crew with 46 3-pointers in convention play. Among his freshman-season highlights, he had a career-best six assists in a win at Kansas and eight rebounds towards Houston. He accomplished his first season at Tech with 372 factors, 105 rebounds, 77 assists and 41 steals earlier than representing Germany within the FIBA U19 World Cup the place he averaged 17.3 factors and 6.6 assists – incomes All-Star Five honors and serving to his crew to a silver medal.

Along with Anderson, candidates on the Cousy Award Preseason Watch List are: Labaron Philon (Alabama), Darius Acuff (Arkansas), Tahaad Pettiford (Auburn), Robert Wright (BYU), Boogie Fland (Florida), Milos Uzan (Houston), Bennett Stirtz (Iowa), Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State), Darryn Peterson (Kansas), Jaland Lowe (Kentucky), Mikel Brown (Louisville), Elliot Cadeau (Michigan), Josh Hubbard (Mississippi State), Markus Burton (Notre Dame), Bruce Thornton (Ohio State), Braden Smith (Purdue), Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Tennessee), Donovan Dent (UCLA) and Silas Demary (UConn). Players can play their manner onto and off the checklist at any level all through the season.

Fans are inspired to take part in Fan Voting in every of the three rounds beginning on Friday, October 31. For info on the 2026 Bob Cousy Award and the most recent updates, go to hoophallawards.com and observe @hoophallu, #CousyAward on X and Instagram. In late January, the watch checklist of 20 gamers for the 2026 Bob Cousy Award might be narrowed to 10, after which in late February, to simply 5. In March, the 5 finalists might be offered to Cousy and the Hall of Fame’s choice committees, the place winners might be chosen. The Selection Committee for the Bob Cousy Award are composed of prime males’s school basketball personnel, together with media members, head coaches, sports activities info administrators, and Hall of Famers. 

The winner of the 2026 Cousy Award might be offered on a to-be-determined date, together with the 4 different members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being offered embrace the Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard), Julius Erving Award (Small Forward), Karl Malone Award (Power Forward), and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center).  Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award embrace Braden Smith, Purdue (2025), Tristen Newton, Connecticut (2024), Markquis Nowell, Kansas State (2023), Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois (2021), Ja Morant, Murray State (2019), Jalen Brunson, Villanova (2018), Trey Burke, Michigan (2013), Kendall Marshall, North Carolina (2012), Kemba Walker, Connecticut (2011), and Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph’s (2004). 

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