Editor: The following is part of a press release from louhenson.com.
THE PRESEASON WATCH LIST
(Boston, MA) – The 2019-20 Lou Henson Award preseason Watch List was announced on Tuesday. Among those on the list are Missouri Valley and OhioValley Conference players.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division 1 mid-major player.
Missouri Valley nominees are Bradley’s Elijah Childs, Cameron Krutwig of Loyola and Northern Iowa’s A.J. Green. Ohio Valley honorees are OVC members Terry Taylor (Austin Peay) and Belmont’s Nick Muszynski.
The ward honors Henson, the former Illinois and New Mexico State coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons. Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.
Henson, who is also the all-time winningest coach in New Mexico State history with 289 victories, 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.
Terry Taylor – letsgopeay.com
The 2019-20 Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced in April 2020 in Atlanta, GA, site of the men’s Division I NCAA Basketball Championship.
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.
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