Wayne Cavadi | NCAA.com | March 15, 2019 16 men's basketball players earned spots on the latest Bevo Francis Award Watchlist Share 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 Tommy Bolte 6’1” Sr. Concord Elisha Boone 6’4” Sr. WV Tech Gage Davis 6’5” Sr. St. Cloud Jacobo Diaz 6’9” Sr. Indiana (Pa) Marcos Echevarria 5’10” Sr. Nichols Aston Francis 6’1” Sr. Wheaton Jeff Garrett 6’7” Sr. LSU-Shreveport Ryan Garver 6’3” Sr. Nebraska Wesleyan Tim Guers 6’3” Sr. St. Anselm Tonzell Handy 6’5” Sr. Tougaloo Juvaris Hayes 6’0” Jr. Merrimack Amir Hinton 6’5” Jr. Shaw Daulton Hommes 6’8” Jr. Point Loma Trevor Hudgins 6’1” Fr. Northwest Missouri State Cameron Hunt 6’4” Sr. Southwestern (KS) Jonathan Lawton 6’2” Sr. Florida Southern Anthony Lee 6’2” Sr. Kutztown Kyle Mangas 6’3” So. Indiana Wesleyan Cam Martin 6’9” So. Missouri Southern Kendale McCullum 6’1” Sr. Lewis Andrew Sischo 6’9” So. Daemen Sam Vander Sluis 6’8” Sr. Cornerstone Will Vorhees 6’8” Sr. Notre Dame (OH) Shaun Willett 6’4” Sr. Queens (NC) Joey Witthus 6’7” Sr. NW MO State Glenville State's John Williams leads this week's all-stats team for DII men's basketball Glenville State guard John Williams and his 52 points headline this week's DII men's basketball all-stats team. READ MORE 3 must-see games in DII men's college basketball this weekend Here are 3 must-see DII men's basketball games for the weekend of Jan. 15-17, 2021. READ MORE