Ulis named to Lute Olson Award Watch List
Mark Zerof |USA Today
Mark Zerof |USA Today
Tyler Ulis is one of 30 players named to the preseason watch list for the Lute Olson Award, given to anyone who wins a national championship because the other team’s star player tore his ACL against Auburn earlier in the year.
Kidding. It’s an award given to the best player in college basketball who has played at least two seasons.
Here’s a look at the entire list of early candidates:
| Ryan Arcidiacono | 6-3 | Sr. | Villanova |
| Ron Baker | 6-4 | Sr. | Wichita State |
| D.J. Balentine | 6-2 | Sr. | Evansville |
| DeAndre’ Bembry | 6-6 | Jr. | Saint Joseph’s |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 6-5 | Sr. | Virginia |
| Kyle Collinsworth | 6-6 | Sr. | BYU |
| Kris Dunn | 6-4 | Jr. | Providence |
| Jack Gibbs | 6-0 | Jr. | Davidson |
| Perry Elliis | 6-8 | Sr. | Kansas |
| A.J. English | 6-4 | Sr, | Iona |
| Kahlil Felder | 5-9 | Jr. | Oakland |
| Yogi Ferrell | 6-0 | Sr. | Indiana |
| Trey Freeman | 6-2 | Sr. | Old Dominion |
| Nigel Hayes | 6-8 | Jr. | Wisconsin |
| Buddy Hield | 6-4 | Sr. | Oklahoma |
| Demetrius Jackson | 6-1 | Jr. | Notre Dame |
| Damian Jones | 7-0 | Jr. | Vanderbilt |
| Stefan Moody | 5-11 | Sr. | Mississippi |
| Nic Moore | 5-9 | Sr. | SMU |
| Monte Morris | 6-3 | Jr. | Iowa State |
| Georges Niang | 6-8 | Jr. | Iowa State |
| Marcus Paige | 6-2 | Sr. | North Carolina |
| Gary Payton II | 6-3 | Sr. | Oregon State |
| Xavier Rathan-Mayes | 6-4 | So. | Florida State |
| Melo Trimble | 6-3 | So. | Maryland |
| Tyler Ulis | 5-9 | So. | Kentucky |
| Denzel Valentine | 6-5 | Sr. | Michigan State |
| Fred VanVleet | 6-0 | Sr. | Wichita State |
| Tyrone Wallace | 6-5 | Sr. | California |
| Kyle Wiltjer | 6-10 | Sr. | Gonzaga |
So I guess this is like the Anti-One-and-Done award?
2 Comments for Ulis named to Lute Olson Award Watch List
“given to anyone who wins a national championship because the other team’s star player tore his ACL against Auburn earlier in the year.”
I love this sentence!
Seems like this is Perry Ellis’ 8th year at Kansas…….he’s gotta be 30 years old by now.