Battle Named to Lute Olsen Award Watch List
11/27/2018 3:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Syracuse junior Tyus Battle is one of 40 players named to the Lute Olsen Award Watch List. The award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player.
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Battle is Syracuse's leading scorer through the first five games of the season. He is averaging 17.6 points per game. Battle was 8-for-10 from the floor, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range, on his way to a season-high 24 points in the Orange's win against Colgate. Last season, Battle led the nation in average minutes played (39.0) and was a second-team All-ACC performer.
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Lute Olson won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
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The 2019 Lute Olson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Battle is Syracuse's leading scorer through the first five games of the season. He is averaging 17.6 points per game. Battle was 8-for-10 from the floor, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range, on his way to a season-high 24 points in the Orange's win against Colgate. Last season, Battle led the nation in average minutes played (39.0) and was a second-team All-ACC performer.
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Lute Olson won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
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The 2019 Lute Olson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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| Player | School |
| Kamar Baldwin | Butler |
| Tyus Battle | Syracuse |
| Bennie Boatwright | USC |
| Barry Brown | Kansas State |
| Ky Bowman | Boston College |
| Yoeli Childs | BYU |
| Chris Clemons | Campbell |
| Clayton Custer | Loyola Chicago |
| Mike Daum | South Dakota State |
| Carsen Edwards | Purdue |
| Jon Elmore | Marshall |
| Daniel Gafford | Arkansas |
| Kellan Grady | Davidson |
| Kyle Guy | Virginia |
| Rui Hachimura | Gonzaga |
| Ethan Happ | Wisconsin |
| Markus Howard | Marquette |
| DeAndre Hunter | Virginia |
| Sagaba Konate | West Virginia |
| Caleb Martin | Nevada |
| C.J. Massinburg | Buffalo |
| Charles Matthews | Michigan |
| Luke Maye | North Carolina |
| Ja Morant | Murray State |
| Juwan Morgan | Indiana |
| Jordan Murphy | Minnesota |
| Josh Perkins | Gonzaga |
| Shamori Ponds | St. John's |
| Grant Riller | Charleston |
| Justin Robinson | Virginia Tech |
| D'Marcus Simonds | Georgia State |
| Dean Wade | Kansas State |
| Nick Ward | Michigan State |
| P.J. Washington | Kentucky |
| Tremont Waters | LSU |
| Quinndary Weatherspoon | Mississippi State |
| Lindell Wigginton | Iowa State |
| Kris Wilkes | UCLA |
| Grant Williams | Tennessee |
| Justin Wright-Foreman | Hofstra |
Players Mentioned
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