Myles Powell Named Associated Press Preseason All-America
10/22/2019 12:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Powell, who was also named the BIG EAST's Preseason Player of the Year, received 47 out of a possible 65 votes from the AP's national media panel.
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Myles Powell just became Seton Hall's first Associated Press Preseason All-American.
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"I always believed in myself, but to say I thought I'd be a top-five player in college basketball, I'd be kidding myself"
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A candidate for the 2020 Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award as well as consensus All-America, Powell has been the buzz of college basketball since announcing that he would return for his senior season. He is coming off one of the most prolific campaigns in school history. In 2018-19, he averaged 23.1 points per game, the 13th highest scoring average in the country, and finished the season with 784 total points, the most by any Seton Hall student-athlete in the program's BIG EAST era (1979-present).Â
Powell also finished in the nation's top 35 in free throws made (173), three-pointers made (107) and steals (68). At the end of the year, he was named first-team All-BIG EAST and All-Met, the 2019 Haggerty Award Metropolitan Player of the Year, USBWA and NABC All-District and Associated Press All-America honorable mention.
Powell led the Pirates back to the NCAA Tournament for a fourth straight year in 2019 despite preseason prognosticators forecasting a doubtful return to March Madness. Now Powell will attempt to lead The Hall to a program-unprecedented fifth consecutive NCAA bid.Â
Powell and the Pirates, ranked No. 12 in the preseason Associated Press top 25 poll, will host Bloomfield College in an exhibition game at historic Walsh Gymnasium this Friday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.
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The Associated Press' 2019-20 preseason All-America men's basketball team, with school, height, year and votes from a 65-member national media panel (key 2018-19 statistics in parentheses):
Cassius Winston, Michigan State, 6-1, 185, senior, 65 of 65 votes (18.8 ppg, 3 rpg, 5.2 apg, 84.0 ft pct, 1.0 steals)
Markus Howard, Marquette, 5-11, 180, senior, 57 (25.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.9 apg, 40.3 3-pt fg pct, 89.0 ft pct, 3.5 3-pt fg/game, 1.1 steals)
Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 6-7, 225, junior, 47 (17.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.3 apg)
Myles Powell, Seton Hall, 6-2, 195, senior, 47 (23.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.9 apg, 36.0 minutes, 84.0 ft pct, 2.0 steals)
James Wiseman, Memphis, 7-1, 240, freshman, 32 (Memphis East HS: 25.8 ppg, 14.8 rpg, 5.5 blocks, 1.3 steals)
Others receiving votes: Kerry Blackshear Jr., Florida, 23; Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 10; Udoka Azubuike, Kansas, 8; Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati, 8; Tre Jones, Duke, 6; Sam Merrill, Utah State, 5; Devon Dotson, Kansas, 4; Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky, 3; Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 3; Anthony Edwards, Georgia, 1; Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky, 1; Reggie Perry, Mississippi State, 1; Payton Pritchard, Oregon, 1; Lamar Stevens, Penn State, 1; Isaiah Stewart, Washington, 1; McKinley Wright IV, Colorado, 1.
