The Bob Cousy Award
The Villanova Athletic Department and the Los Angeles Athletic Club made simultaneous announcements this afternoon that junior point guard Maalik Wayns had been named to the 2011 Preseason Wooden Award Watch List. Maalik follows in the footsteps of Corey Fisher, Scottie Reynolds and Randy Foye, Villanova guards who have been named to the Watch List in previous preseasons. A total of 10 players (two each from Connecticut and Syracuse) were named to the list released earlier this afternoon. They include...
| Player | Pos | Class | School |
| Jeremy Lamb | F | So | Connecticut |
| Alex Oriakhi | F/C | Jr | Connecticut |
| Peyton Siva | PG | Jr | Louisville |
| Darius Johnson-Odom | G | Sr | Marquette |
| Tim Abromaitis | F | GS | Notre Dame |
| Ashton Gibbs | PG | Sr | Pittsburgh |
| Scoop Jardine | G | Sr | Syracuse |
| Kris Joseph | F | Jr | Syracuse |
| Maalik Wayns | PG | Sr | Villanova |
| Kevin Jones | F | Sr | West Virginia |
The Big East contingent is, as usual, contains a large portion of senior & 5th year nominees. Abromaitis, along with DJO, Gibbs, Jardine, Jones, Siva and Joseph have all been named to conference teams (or honorable mentions) in 2011. Jeremy Lamb, named to the conference Rookie Team, played on the U19 team that competed for the U19 World Championship last summer in Latvia.
Other Nominees of Interest
From the Atlantic-10 Conference, Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure) and Tu Holloway (Xavier) were also recognized.
Congratulations Maalik
& all of the nominees
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