University of Richmond Athletics
Anderson Nominated For Cousy Award For Nation's Best Point Guard
12/21/2010 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Richmond senior Kevin Anderson has been nominated for the 2011 Bob Cousy Award, which recognizes college basketball's top point guard and is named for the Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the candidates for the 2011 Bob Cousy Award on Monday.
Anderson was the 2010 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American last season when he led the Spiders in scoring at 17.8 points per game. The Atlanta, Ga. native has been named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top-50 List and Naismith National Player of the Year Top-50 List, and is one of 30 nominee's for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
Anderson is averaging 16.6 points per game and 3.8 assists per game this season, while leading the Spiders to an 8-3 start. He had 28 points in a win over then No. 8 Purdue.
This original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by Jan. 3, final 10 by Feb. 3, and final five by Mar. 3. A Hall of Fame appointed screening committee will be narrowing down the candidates from 20 to 10 to 5 prior to a Blue Ribbon Selection Committee evaluating the final five candidates and ultimately choosing the winner. Both of the Hall of Fame committee's are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, Sports Information Directors and Hall of Famers.
The winner of the 2011 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame's Class Announcement on Monday April 4th in Houston as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.
Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award have included: Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph's), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A & M), DJ Augustin (Texas), Ty Lawson (North Carolina) and Greivis Vasquez (Maryland). For more information on the 2011 Bob Cousy Award, log onto www.cousyaward.com
