Thorns Named Bob Cousy Award Candidate
12/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2011
TCU senior point guard Hank Thorns was one of nearly 60 players named Monday as national candidates for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced. The annual award, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes college basketball's top point guard.
Thorns made his second career appearance on the list, joining 14 other players who were named candidates for the second straight season.
This original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by Jan. 1, final 10 by Feb. 1 and final five by March 1. A Hall-of-Fame-appointed screening committee will be narrowing down the candidates, while a premier selection committee will ultimately choose the winner.
Both of the Hall of Fame committees are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, Sports Information Directors and Hall of Famers. The winner of the 2012 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame's Class Announcement on Monday, April 5 in New Orleans as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.
Thorns, in his second and final season playing for TCU, entered Monday ranking No. 5 in the Mountain West in assists (4.40 apg) and minutes played (33.00 mpg); No. 6 in steals (1.80 spg); No. 7 in scoring (13.5 ppg); and No. 8 in assist/turnover ratio (1.16). He has led the Frogs in scoring a team-high four times this season and in assists each contest.
A native of Las Vegas, Nev., Thorns experienced a breakout season in his first year on the court for TCU in 2010-11 after transferring from Virginia Tech. A third-team All-Mountain West selection, he led the MW in both assists (7.0 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (2.71) as a junior and was the only individual in the nation to rank among the NCAA's top-12 players in both categories.
Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award have included: Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph's), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A & M), D.J. Augustin (Texas), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Greivis Vasquez (Maryland) and Kemba Walker (Connecticut).
For more information on the 2011 Bob Cousy Award, log onto www.cousyaward.com.
2012 BOB COUSY AWARD CANDIDATES
Randy Davis, Ball State
Pierre Jackson, Baylor
Keegan Bell, Chattanooga
Andre Young, Clemson
Andrew Lawrence, College of Charleston
Brian Barbour, Columbia
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell
Antoine Young, Creighton
JP Kuhlman, Davidson
Ray McCallum, Detroit
Seth Curry, Duke
TJ McConnell, Duquesne
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Erving Walker, Florida
Luke Loucks, Florida State
Jeff Peterson, Florida State
Tony Taylor, George Washington
James Fields, Georgia State
Brandyn Curry, Harvard
Scott Machado, Iona
Stephen Thomas, IUPUI
Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas
Marquis Teague, Kentucky
Tyreek Duren, La Salle
Mackey McKnight, Lehigh
Casper Ware, Long Beach State
Peyton Siva, Louisville
Damier Pitts, Marshall
Will Barton, Memphis
Joe Jackson, Memphis
Malcolm Grant, Miami
Trey Burke, Michigan
Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee
Dee Bost, Mississippi State
Mike Dixon, Missouri
Will Cherry, Montana
Kendall Williams, New Mexico
Kendall Marshall, North Carolina
Lorenzo Brown, NC State
Stallon Saldivar, Northern Arizona
Reggie Hamilton, Oakland
Aaron Craft, Ohio State
D.J. Cooper, Ohio University
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
Tim Frazier, Penn State
Zack Rosen, Pennsylvania
Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh
Lewis Jackson, Purdue
Bryan Dougher, Stony Brook University
Scoop Jardine, Syracuse
Brandon Triche, Syracuse
Wil Peters, Tennessee State
Myck Kabongo, Texas
Dash Harris, Texas A&M
Hank Thorns, TCU
Will Weathers, Troy
Brad Tinsley, Vanderbilt
Maalik Wayns, Villanova
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Abdul Gaddy, Washington
Tony Wroten, Washington
Trey Sumler, Western Carolina
Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
Tu Holloway, Xavier
