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.
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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.
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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
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) |
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