Editor: The following is part of a press release from louhenson.com.
(Boston, MA) – The Watch List for the 2021-22 Lou Henson National Player of the Year award was announced on Thursday.
The award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
Henson is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. His teams have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances.
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.
Six Missouri Valley Conference players are on the preseason watch list. Northern Iowa’s A.J. Green, Drake’s ShanQuan Hemphill and Roman Penn, Tyreke Keey of Indiana State and Missouri State’s Isiaih Mosley and Gaige Prim.
Four Ohio Valley Conference players are not the preseason watch list. Morehead State’s Johni Broome, Murray State’s Tevin Brown and Belmont’s Grayson Murphy and Nick Muszynski.
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