Tristen Newton named as one of Top 10 Candidates for the Bob Cousy Award

[HooperScooper]

I probably missed this somewhere on the Yard, but today they announced the top 10 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award. In October he was on a list of 20 they announced.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Top 10 candidates for the 2024 Bob Cousy Award.

Named after Class of 1971 Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, the annual honor, now in its 21st year, recognizes the top point guard in Division I men’s college basketball.

2024 Bob Cousy Award Candidates*

Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State	Boo Buie	Northwestern
Jamal Shead	Houston	Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee
Dajuan Harris Jr.	Kansas	Max Abmas	Texas
Tyler Kolek	Marquette	Wade Taylor IV	Texas A&M
Jahvon Quinerly	Memphis	Tristen Newton	UConn

*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2023-24 season.

NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES TOP 10 CANDIDATES FOR THE 2024 BOB COUSY AWARD

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Top 10 candidates for the 2024 Bob Cousy Award.

www.hoophall.com

 

[EricSD]

Well deserved for him. Congrats! Keep on playing great and please lead us to NC #6!!!

 

[imno1]

How is RJ Davis not on the list?

 

[TheChamps990411]

Congrats to him. Well deserved.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I don't have tickets, but I want to be in person at Senior Night to root the heck out of Tristen and be there to thank him for all his hard work during his three years at Storrs.

If you are selling one or two tickets, send me a PM!

 

[CardiacAndre7]

How is RJ Davis not on the list?

Cadeau is the PG

 

[aceboon]

How is RJ Davis not on the list?

I guess they're disqualifying him because of Cadeau but they both handle the ball a ton

 

[mcs333]

How is RJ Davis not on the list?

He will be on the shooting guard list

 

[HooperScooper]

How is RJ Davis not on the list?

He'll be on this one when they announce the top 10.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NAMES 20 SHOOTING GUARDS TO 2024 JERRY WEST AWARD WATCH LIST

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 20 watch-list members for the 2024 Jerry West Award. Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor, in its tenth year, recognizes the top shooting guards...

www.hoophall.com

 

[Jumpman62114]

As of right now I would say Tristan is the frontrunner with Shead #2.

 

[87Xfer]

He's got to be the most consistently underrated player in D1 for the last season and a half.

 

[Mister P]

 

[HooperScooper]

As of right now I would say Tristan Tristen is the frontrunner with Shead #2.

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly? I'm genuinely curious how that can happen.

 

[Husky68]

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly? I'm genuinely curious how that can happen.

I don't knuw!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I don't have tickets, but I want to be in person at Senior Night to root the heck out of Tristen and be there to thank him for all his hard work during his three years at Storrs.

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

Hay Adrian and Hoopar Scoopar -

Can either of you tell me how I missed a full year of Newton's play?

And, somewhat on topic, we've got to be close to the 1-year anniversary of this board being throat-punched with a claim that the roster's fatal flaw was having been constructed without a point guard.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly?

Seriously, it could be a function of eutocorrect more than enything else.

 

[boba]

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly? I'm genuinely curious how that can happen.

Cognition is a very odd thing. It's part of the pattern recognition circuitry that we acquired in evolution. Another part is the "cut to the chase" mechanisms we collect. It is for that reason, I often confuse the acronyms VVR (Vermillion Valley Ranch) with VWR (one of our suppliers). I also associated the plastics manufacturer Nalgene with "Naglene" and consistently make that audible mistake.
So your quest is a fight against neural development millions of years in development, a battle against nature if you will.

 

[HooperScooper]

Seriously, it could be a function of eutocorrect more than enything else.

Just tried that. Didn't autocorrect to the wrong spelling. That function didn't work on your post either. So that can't be it.

 

[uconngb]

He'll be on this one when they announce the top 10.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NAMES 20 SHOOTING GUARDS TO 2024 JERRY WEST AWARD WATCH LIST

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 20 watch-list members for the 2024 Jerry West Award. Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor, in its tenth year, recognizes the top shooting guards...

www.hoophall.com

And he will win it

 

[The Frog]

For the Xavier game, it seemed like for the first time that Castle played most of the point and and Newton the 2 guard. I don't know if the was a specific game plan for X, an experiment, or given the results something they move forward with. If the later, would that affect the final Bob Cousy award voting?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Just tried that. Didn't autocorrect to the wrong spelling. That function didn't work on your post either. So that can't be it.

Fair enough.

I had to stay vigilant to get HooparScoopar, eutocorrect, and enything to get into that post.
Hay Adrian was easy.

Maybe somebody should have asked Rashard to weigh in on the topic yesterday. Joson Sanon would probably be impossible. In the wake of the Xavier game, I've upped my Roumoglou game.

Fwiw, I have a sister who has spelled the word "excellant" for decades.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly? I'm genuinely curious how that can happen.

It happens. I was referring to Samson as Sampson just because Sampson was stuck in my mind or something. People watch the games and read this board but many of us miss small details like a A being an E, etc. sometimes it’s also the automatic spelling corrector on the iPhone.

 

[housekeys]

So as most on here know by now I'm on a crusade to get everyone to spell this kid's name correctly. So I have a serious question. Please don't take this as being confrontational. Anyone who spells his name wrong can answer this one.

How do people who are on the Boneyard, some of the most fervent UConn fans, see his name spelled hundreds, if not thousands, of times on here, during games, and in articles the last 2 years then spell his name incorrectly? I'm genuinely curious how that can happen.

I think, because it is a name. The name John and Jon sound the same. As does Tristan and Tristen, if not enunciated. But if your mind is more familiar with one version, than another, then the mind ignores what the eyes see, and, that is how you will "likely" spell it. There is only one spelling of apple and that is how we all spell it. But as long as there is more than one version of a name, "phonetic" familiarity will determine how you "tend" to spell it. Mind over matter. Also, people are lazy. IDK.

 

[breezy]

Just realized Tristen was teammates with Vance Jackson during his freshman year at ECU. Pretty interesting timeline.

FTR my phone attempted to autocorrect to 'Tristan'.

 

[HooperScooper]

Just realized Tristen was teammates with Vance Jackson during his freshman year at ECU. Pretty interesting timeline.

FTR my phone attempted to autocorrect to 'Tristan'.

That’s interesting. I just tried on my phone and it didn’t autocorrect.

 

[ucp990411]

Outplay Kolek and he has a shot at this

 

[Waquoit]

Just realized Tristen was teammates with Vance Jackson during his freshman year at ECU. Pretty interesting timeline.

FTR my phone attempted to autocorrect to 'Tristan'.

And he came to UConn anyway!

Especially in winter, I have a runny nose and Tristan reminds me of Dristan.

 

[HooperScooper]

And he came to UConn anyway!

Especially in winter, I have a runny nose and Tristan reminds me of Dristan.

But can Newton solve your runny nose?

 

[navery12]

 

[ctchamps]

This and his candidate for the Cousy Award validate Tristen as the player we as fans knew he was. Shame it took a second year of success for the evaluators to figure this out.

Not getting any preseason recognition from the BE in their preseason picks was a travesty. Certainly not at the level of this forum’s position last season that we did not have point guard. But a travesty nonetheless.