50 DII men's basketball players highlight the initial Bevo Francis Award Watchlist NCAA.com

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PRESENTED BY Small College Basketball released its preliminary watchlist for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2019 season. The first list features 100 players from DII, DIII, NAIA, USCAA, and NCCAA men's basketball. 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: 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, . Fifty DII men's basketball student-athletes comprise half of the initial Top 100. Only Northwest Missouri State's Trevor Hudgins is a freshman. MORE: The list will be cut three more times before the winner is announced on April 8. Here are the important dates: Feb. 15, 2019: Top 50 March 15, 2019: Top 25 April 6, 2019: Finalists April 8, 2019: The 2019 Bevo Francis Award winner announced The complete watchlist is below in alphabetical order. Name Year School Stephaun Adams Sr. Campbellsville Daquaise Andrews Sr. Southern New Hampshire Buzz Anthony So Randolph-Macon Zach Baines Sr. Occidental Jason Beckman Sr. Hope Tommy Bolte Sr. Concord (WV) Dalton Bolon So. West Liberty Elisha Boone Sr. West Virginia Tech Ben Boots Sr. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Keith Brown Jr. Endicott Daniel Carr Jr. Queens (NC) Luke Chavez Sr. St. Martin’s Harrison Cleary Jr. Minnesota Crookston Chris Coffey Jr. Georgetown (KY) Ben College Jr. Whitworth Kendrick Colvin Sr. Emmanuel (GA) Trevion Crews So. Bethel (IN) Vinny Curta Sr. Grinnell Jack Davidson So. Wabash Gage Davis Sr. St. Cloud State Doniel Dean Sr. USC-Aiken Jayvian Delacruz Sr. Pikeville David Dennis Sr. Nova Southeastern Jacobo Diaz Sr. IUP Adam Dieball Sr. Christian Brothers Nate Dodge Sr. Wisconsin-Stevens Point Grant Dressler Sr. Chaminade Jhonathan Dunn Jr. Southern Nazarene Nolan Ebel Sr. Augustana (IL) Adam Eberhard Sr. Bellarmine Marcos Echevarria Sr. Nichols Trevon Evans Sr. Sioux Falls Cam Fails Sr. Hanover Aston Francis Sr. Wheaton Ryan Garver Sr. Nebraska Wesleyan Kena Gilmour Jr. Hamilton Tim Guers Sr. St. Anselm Chris Hansen Jr. UC San Diego Ryan Hawkins So. Northwest Missouri State Josh Hawley Jr. Tarleton State Juvaris Hayes Jr. Merrimack T.J. Henderson Sr. Marian Joey Hewitt Sr. Whitman Lyle Hexom Sr. Peru State Amir Hinton Jr. Shaw Ty Hoglun Jr. Dakota Wesleyan Daulton Hommes Jr. Point Loma Trevor Hudgins Fr. Northwest Missouri State Cameron Hunt Sr. Southwestern (KS) Trevor Jasinsky Jr. Western Washington Isaiah Johnson Sr. Northern Michigan Jamie Johnson Sr. IU-Southeast Bradley Jomard Sr. MIT Beau Justice Sr. Valdosta State Jevon Knox So. Mount Vernon Nazarene Jonathan Lawton Sr. Florida Southern Anthony Lee Sr. Kutztown Grant Lozoya Sr. Pittsburg State Kyle Mangas So. Indiana Wesleyan Paul Marandet Jr. Spring Arbor Cam Martin So. Missouri Southern Justin Martin. Jr. Jr. Multnomah Kendale McCullum Sr. Lewis Prince McDaniel Jr. Stillman Drushaun McLaurn Sr. Eckerd Jordan Murdock Sr. Friends (KS) Brandon Myer Jr. Minnesota Duluth Drew Noble Jr. Ashland Jonathan Patron Sr. Plattsburgh Ryan Quaid Sr. West Texas A&M Connor Raridon Jr. North Central College Nic Reed Jr. Olivet Nazarene Ryan Richmond Sr. Bentley Kyle Ridley Sr. Pfeiffer Kyle Roach Sr. Whitworth Brady Rose Sr. Illinois Wesleyan Jake Ross Jr. Springfield (MA) Jared Samuelson Jr. Rocky Mountain Omar Sherman Sr. William Penn Andrew Sischo So. Daemen Ian Smith Sr. Northern State (SD) Sean Smith Sr. St. Cloud State Nate Schimonitz Jr. Nebraska Wesleyan Micah Speight Jr. Southern Nazarene Alex Stein Sr. Southern Indiana Troy Steward Sr. Georgetown (KY) Wes Stowers Sr. Marian Corey Taite Sr. Goldey-Beacom Cornelius Taylor Jr. Lincoln Memorial Micah Till Jr. Slippery Rock Malik Toppin Sr. Salem International Trenton Thompson Sr. Asbury Hagen Tyler Sr. Campbellsville Sam Vander Sluis Sr. Cornerstone Demitrius Underwood Jr. Texas-Dallas Will Vorhees Sr. Notre Dame (OH) Alex White Sr. Findlay Shaun Willett Sr. Queens (NC) Joey Witthus Sr. Northwest Missouri State Jay Wolfe Sr. Briar Cliff MORE ON DII MEN'S BASKETBALL: and . His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, MLB.com, AJC.com, SB Nation and FoxSports.com and in publications like The Advocate and Lindy's Sports. Follow him on Twitter at . The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions.

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