Missouri Valley
Custer & Morant on Olson Watch List
Editor: The following is part of a press release from luteolsonaward.com.
(Boston, MA) – The 2018-19 Lute Olson Award Watch List was announced on Monday.
The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player in College Basketball. Incoming freshman and transfers are not eligible for the preseason watch list.
Lute Olson won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
The 2019 Lute Olson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men’s division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.