The Bevo Francis top 100 watchlist released by Small College Basketball NCAA.com

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PRESENTED BY Small College Basketball released its first watchlist for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2020 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: Aston Francis of DIII men's basketball Wheaton was the winner in 2019. Lincoln Memorial's Emanuel Terry was the last winner from DII men's basketball to bring home the award, winning in 2018, 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 that season. REMEMBERING FRANCIS: The list will be cut three more times before the winner is announced on April 8. Here are the important dates: February 15, 2020: Top 50 March 15, 2020: Top 25 April 4, 2020: Finalists April 6, 2020: The 2019 Bevo Francis Award winner announced
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: The complete watchlist is below in alphabetical order. Name Year School DeQuan Abrom Sr. Belmont Abbey Jubie Alade Sr. St. John’s (MN) Buzz Anthony Jr. Randolph-Macon Mason Baker Jr. Colorado School of Mines Diego Bernard So. Northwest Missouri State Dalton Bolon Jr. West Liberty Tyler Borchers Sr. Morningside Anthony Brown Sr. Lincoln Memorial Keith Brown Sr. Endicott DeAnte Bruton Sr. Nichols Ethan Bublitz Sr. Wisconsin-Stevens Point Kevin Buckingham Sr. Southeastern Oklahoma State Brian Cameron Sr. Wesley (DE) Tim Cameron Jr. Loyola (LA) Daniel Carr Sr. Queens (NC) Armand Cartwright Sr. Rochester Harrison Cleary Sr. Minnesota Crookston Chris Coffey Sr. Georgetown Ben College Sr. Whitworth Riley Collins Sr. Drew Alex Cook Sr. Bellarmine Booker Coplin Sr. Augsburg Eljay Cowherd Sr. Georgetown TJ Crockett Jr. Lindenwood Romeo Crouch Jr. Embry-Riddle Will Crumley Jr. Covenant J.J. Culver Sr. Wayland Baptist Trevion Crews Jr. Bethel (IN) Zaccheus Darko-Kelly Jr. Providence (MT) Jack Davidson Jr. Wabash Eric Demers Sr. Gordon Marcus Dempsey Jr. Muskingum Derrick DeVries Sr. Calvin Jhonathan Dunn Sr. Southern Nazarene Cayden Edmonson Sr. Bethel (TN) Micah Elan Sr. Pomona-Pitzer Jason Ellis Jr. Marietta Mitchell Fink Sr. Oregon Tech Armoni Foster So. Indiana (Pa) Parker Fox So. Northern State Adam Fravert Sr. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Brock Gardner Sr. The Master’s Conley Garrison Jr. Drury Grant Gelon Jr. Bethel (IN) Kena Gilmour Sr. Hamilton Ashford Golden Sr. Mid-America Christian Mark Gordon Sr. Keiser Qua Grant So. West Texas A&M Kyler Gregory Sr. Guilford Austin Grunder So. SUNY-Cortland Clay Guillozet Sr. Valdosta State Brett Hanson Sr. Florida Southern LaJuan Hardy Sr. West Alabama Ryan Hawkins Jr. Northwest Missouri State Josh Hawley Sr. Tarleton State Jalyn Hinton Jr. Florida Southern Ty Hoglund Sr. Dakota Wesleyan Brian Hogan-Gary Sr. Johnson & Wales (RI) Trevor Hudgins So. Northwest Missouri State Chris Hudson Sr. Bentley Trevor Jasinsky Sr. Western Washington Jimmy King Sr. Indianapolis Jevon Knox Jr. Mount Vernon Nazarene Jackson Lamb Sr. Briar Cliff Darius Lasley Sr. Clarke (IA) Gabriel Leifer Sr. Yeshiva KJ Lesure Sr. Arkansas-Monticello Luka Majstorovic Sr. Embry-Riddle DeVaughn Mallory Sr. Jefferson Matthew Mancuso Sr. Scranton Kyle Mangas Jr. Indiana Wesleyan Paul Marandet Sr. Spring Arbor Cam Martin Jr. Missouri Southern Justin Martin Sr. Multnomah Mark Matthews Sr. Nova Southeastern Selom Mawugbe Sr. Azusa Pacific Courvoisier McCauley So. Lincoln Memorial Damek Mitchell Jr. Lewis-Clark (ID) Deshawn Munson Jr. Harris-Stowe Joel Murray So. West Texas A&M Brandon Myer Sr. Minnesota Duluth Jack Nolan Jr. Washington University Zac O’Dell Sr. Swarthmore Christian Oshita Sr. UC San Diego Connor Raridon Sr. North Central College Nic Reed Sr. Olivet Nazarene Jake Rhode Jr. Elmhurst Jake Ross Sr. Springfield (MA) Nate Schimonitz Sr. Nebraska Wesleyan Andrew Sischo Jr. Daemen Tim Soares Sr. The Master’s Ashton Spears Sr. St. Edward’s Micah Speight Sr. Southern Nazarene Justin Summers Sr. Brockport Hasan Varence Sr. Ohio Dominican Jared Wagner Sr. York (PA) Nate West Sr. LeTourneau Ben Weyer Sr. Bellarmine Pierson Wofford Sr. Augustana (IL) Zach Wrightsil So. Loyola (LA) 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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