Award Information and Criteria

  • Awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Recognizes the top collegiate male point guard
  • Encompasses NCAA Divisions I, II and III
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Selection Criteria

  • Recognizes the vital importance of the position to the success of the unit
  • Creates opportunity to maximize team's collective potential
  • Leads, directs, and orchestrates successful team play
  • Recognizes core basketball skills - passing, dribbling, and creating team offense
  • Overall team achievement

Selection Process

A list of nominees for the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award will be solicited via direct mailings to all Division I, II and III college head coaches and members of CoSIDA, the Sports Information Directors of America.

CoSIDA's Bob Cousy Award Committee will review the nominations and reduce the number of candidates to a finalist group of 15 players. The finalist group will be represented by players within each division.

A premier Selection Committee will be appointed by the Hall of Fame to review the list of candidates.

The Selection Committee will be comprised of up to 30 members representing the following constituent groups: Hall of Famers, Head Coaches from each NCAA Division, Sports Information Directors and the Media.

The committee will be representative of the college basketball population.

An Honorary Chairman will be appointed.

Selection of the winner will be arrived at by a ballot following the conference call of the Selection Committee.



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