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Hoosiers Ranked 13th in CBS Preseason Poll, Three Named To Watch Lists
10/13/2015 3:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - With four starters returning from a team that made its 38th NCAA Tournament appearance, Indiana is rated 13th in the CBS Sports.com 2015-16 Preseason Poll. IU is one of five teams from the Big Ten listed among the Top 25 (and one). Maryland is fourth, Michigan State is 11th, Wisconsin is 17th and Purdue is 26th.
In addition to five meetings with those ranked conference programs, the Hoosiers could face four other teams that were in the rankings during the non-conference season. IU could take on 22nd ranked Vanderbilt on the second day of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and play third rated Kansas on the final day of the event. The Hoosiers will travel to seventh ranked Duke for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and will battle #20 Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis.
Ferrell, Williams and Blackmon, Jr. Receiving National Accolades
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 20 watch list finalists for the 2016 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award presented by College of the Holy Cross, the 2016 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award presented by the University of Massachusetts and the 2016 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The Hoosiers had one player on the watch list for each honor with Kevin Yogi Ferrell up for the Cousy Award, Troy Williams for the Erving Award and James Blackmon Jr. for the West Award.
Ferrell is a preseason All-American and first-team All-Big Ten choice that averaged 16.3 points and 4.9 assists as a junior. He also has made a three-point field goal in a national-best 65 straight games. CBS Sports.com ranked him as the 20th best player in the country. Utah's Delon Wright was the winner of the Bob Cousy Award a year ago.
Williams was an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick a year ago when he averaged 13.0 points and finished third in the B1G at 7.4 boards and shot 54.0 from the field. He was ranked as the 37th best player this year by CBS Sports.com. Stanley Johnson of Arizona won the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award last year.
Blackmon also earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors last season. He averaged 15.7 points and 5.3 rebounds and shot 80.6 from the line and made 2.3 three-point field goals per game. He was rated as the 44th best player this season by CBS Sports.com. Last year, DeAngelo Russell of Ohio State won the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award.
In addition to five meetings with those ranked conference programs, the Hoosiers could face four other teams that were in the rankings during the non-conference season. IU could take on 22nd ranked Vanderbilt on the second day of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and play third rated Kansas on the final day of the event. The Hoosiers will travel to seventh ranked Duke for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and will battle #20 Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis.
Ferrell, Williams and Blackmon, Jr. Receiving National Accolades
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 20 watch list finalists for the 2016 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award presented by College of the Holy Cross, the 2016 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award presented by the University of Massachusetts and the 2016 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The Hoosiers had one player on the watch list for each honor with Kevin Yogi Ferrell up for the Cousy Award, Troy Williams for the Erving Award and James Blackmon Jr. for the West Award.
Ferrell is a preseason All-American and first-team All-Big Ten choice that averaged 16.3 points and 4.9 assists as a junior. He also has made a three-point field goal in a national-best 65 straight games. CBS Sports.com ranked him as the 20th best player in the country. Utah's Delon Wright was the winner of the Bob Cousy Award a year ago.
Williams was an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick a year ago when he averaged 13.0 points and finished third in the B1G at 7.4 boards and shot 54.0 from the field. He was ranked as the 37th best player this year by CBS Sports.com. Stanley Johnson of Arizona won the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award last year.
Blackmon also earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors last season. He averaged 15.7 points and 5.3 rebounds and shot 80.6 from the line and made 2.3 three-point field goals per game. He was rated as the 44th best player this season by CBS Sports.com. Last year, DeAngelo Russell of Ohio State won the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award.
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