Bryce Aiken Named to 2021 Bob Cousy Award Watch List
11/2/2020 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Springfield, Mass. - Graduate transfer guard Bryce Aiken (Randolph, N.J.) of the Seton Hall men's basketball team has been named to the 2021 Bob Cousy Award Watch List as one of 20 candidates for the national point guard of the year, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Monday. Named after Class of 1971 Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, the annual honor now in its eighteenth year recognizes the top point guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Aiken, a two-time All-Ivy League honoree who scored 1,090 points and issued 174 assists in 65 career games with Harvard, is on the Cousy watch list for a second straight year, and he is one of three BIG EAST point guards on the watch list. Last week, he was named preseason All-BIG EAST honorable mention.
Aiken will chase a national positional player of the year award in the hopes of landing Seton Hall a third award in the last four seasons. Angel Delgado was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar National Center of the Year in 2018 and Myles Powell was named the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year in 2020. Seton Hall's two awards are second only to Villanova's four among BIG EAST schools.
Aiken will steer the Pirates with the goal of extending the program's streak of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, 20-win seasons and top-three BIG EAST finishes that started in 2015-16.Â
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In late February, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Cousy and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2021 Bob Cousy Award will be presented April 9, 2021, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women's Starting Five.
2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*Â
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*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season*
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Aiken, a two-time All-Ivy League honoree who scored 1,090 points and issued 174 assists in 65 career games with Harvard, is on the Cousy watch list for a second straight year, and he is one of three BIG EAST point guards on the watch list. Last week, he was named preseason All-BIG EAST honorable mention.
Aiken will chase a national positional player of the year award in the hopes of landing Seton Hall a third award in the last four seasons. Angel Delgado was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar National Center of the Year in 2018 and Myles Powell was named the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year in 2020. Seton Hall's two awards are second only to Villanova's four among BIG EAST schools.
Aiken will steer the Pirates with the goal of extending the program's streak of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, 20-win seasons and top-three BIG EAST finishes that started in 2015-16.Â
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In late February, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Cousy and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2021 Bob Cousy Award will be presented April 9, 2021, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women's Starting Five.
2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*Â
| Remy Martin | Arizona State |
| Jared Butler | Baylor |
| McKinley Wright IV | Colorado |
| Marcus Zegarowski | Creighton |
| Jalen Crutcher | Dayton |
| Scottie Barnes | Florida State |
| Jalen Suggs | Gonzaga |
| Ayo Dosunmu | Illinois |
| Marcus Garrett | Kansas |
| Javonte Smart | LSU |
| Cade Cunningham | Oklahoma State |
| Colbey Ross | Pepperdine |
| Fatts Russell | Rhode Island |
| Jacob Gilyard | Richmond |
| Geo Baker | Rutgers |
| Bryce Aiken | Seton Hall |
| Matt Coleman III | Texas |
| Collin Gillespie | Villanova |
| Kihei Clark | Virginia |
| D'Mitrik Trice | Wisconsin |
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season*
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