
Small College Basketball released its Top 16 watchlist for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2019 season. The original list featured 100 players from DII, DIII, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA men's basketball, but the list now been shortened to just 16.
The award was created in 2015 and is named after Clarence "Bevo" Francis. Francis played two seasons at what is now the University of Rio Grande. In his first season, he led the team to a 39-0 record averaging 50.1 points per game, highlighted by a 116-point performance against Ashland College in Kentucky.
HISTORY: The complete list of DII men's basketball champions
Lincoln Memorial's Emanuel Terry was the winner of the 2018 award. Aside from averaging a double-double (16.9 points, 10.3 rebounds per game) for the school that finished atop the DII men's basketball regular season rankings, Terry was known for highlight-reel dunks that garnered the nation's attention.
Finalists will be announced on April 6. The winner will be announced on April 8.
The complete watchlist is below in alphabetical order.
NAME | HEIGHT | YEAR | SCHOOL |
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Tommy Bolte | 6β1β | Sr. | Concord |
Elisha Boone | 6β4β | Sr. | WV Tech |
Gage Davis | 6β5β | Sr. | St. Cloud |
Jacobo Diaz | 6β9β | Sr. | Indiana (Pa) |
Marcos Echevarria | 5β10β | Sr. | Nichols |
Aston Francis | 6β1β | Sr. | Wheaton |
Jeff Garrett | 6β7β | Sr. | LSU-Shreveport |
Ryan Garver | 6β3β | Sr. | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Tim Guers | 6β3β | Sr. | St. Anselm |
Tonzell Handy | 6β5β | Sr. | Tougaloo |
Juvaris Hayes | 6β0β | Jr. | Merrimack |
Amir Hinton | 6β5β | Jr. | Shaw |
Daulton Hommes | 6β8β | Jr. | Point Loma |
Trevor Hudgins | 6β1β | Fr. | Northwest Missouri State |
Cameron Hunt | 6β4β | Sr. | Southwestern (KS) |
Jonathan Lawton | 6β2β | Sr. | Florida Southern |
Anthony Lee | 6β2β | Sr. | Kutztown |
Kyle Mangas | 6β3β | So. | Indiana Wesleyan |
Cam Martin | 6β9β | So. | Missouri Southern |
Kendale McCullum | 6β1β | Sr. | Lewis |
Andrew Sischo | 6β9β | So. | Daemen |
Sam Vander Sluis | 6β8β | Sr. | Cornerstone |
Will Vorhees | 6β8β | Sr. | Notre Dame (OH) |
Shaun Willett | 6β4β | Sr. | Queens (NC) |
Joey Witthus | 6β7β | Sr. | NW MO State |