The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 5/6 Men's Basketball's Carr named to Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Midseason Team
02.09.2023 | Men's Basketball
Graduate guard leads the team in scoring (17.0 ppg), assists (95), steals (39) and minutes (32.4 mpg).
ATLANTA — University of Texas graduate guard Marcus Carr has been named to the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year Midseason Team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Thursday. Carr is one of 30 players who are in position to be named as finalists for this season's Naismith Trophy, which is annually awarded to the nation's top men's and women's college basketball players.
A two-time Big 12 Conference Player of the Week selection this year (Dec. 19 and Jan. 2), Carr was previously named to the John R. Wooden Award midseason top 25 watch list and the Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason top 50 watch list. He leads the Longhorns in scoring (17.0 ppg), assists (95), steals (39) and minutes (32.4 mpg).
Carr has posted an impressive 2.26 assist-to-turnover ratio (95-42) and has converted 45.3-percent (140-309) from the floor, including a 38.6-percent (56-145) mark from three-point range, and 81.6-percent (71-87) from the free throw line. He has topped the 20-point mark a total of five times in Big 12 Conference play (11 games) and has posted at least 27 points in a game four times this season.
Carr topped the 2,000-point mark in his collegiate career earlier this season, and he now has posted 2,154 points in 150 career games (14.4 ppg). He is the ONLY active NCAA Division I player to boast at least 2,100 points (2,154), 600 assists (689) AND 500 rebounds (504).
In the home win against Texas A&M-Commerce (Dec. 27), Carr registered 41 points while hitting 13-of-19 field goals, including 10-of-15 threes, and 5-of-6 free throws. He tied the school record for most three-point field goals made and tied the school record for most points scored in a half with 33 in the first half. It marked the first 40-point performance by a Texas player since Reggie Freeman scored 43 in a home win against Fresno State on Dec. 14, 1996.
No. 5/6 Texas (19-5, 8-3 Big 12) returns to action when it hosts West Virginia (15-9, 4-7 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 11. Tip is scheduled for 11 a.m. Central at Moody Center, and the contest will be televised nationally by ESPN2.
2023 Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year Midseason Team
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Player |
School |
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Max Abmas |
Oral Roberts |
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Armando Bacot |
North Carolina |
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Souley Boum |
Xavier |
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TEXAS |
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Antoine Davis |
Detroit Mercy |
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Kendric Davis |
Memphis |
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Hunter Dickinson |
Michigan |
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Zach Edey |
Purdue |
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Kyle Filipowski |
Duke |
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Adam Flagler |
Baylor |
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Keyonte George |
Baylor |
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Bryce Hopkins |
Providence |
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Trayce Jackson-Davis |
Indiana |
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. |
UCLA |
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Keyontae Johnson |
Kansas State |
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Ryan Kalkbrenner |
Creighton |
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Tyler Kolek |
Marquette |
|
Mike Miles Jr. |
TCU |
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Brandon Miller |
Alabama |
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Kris Murray |
Iowa |
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Markquis Nowell |
Kansas State |
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Jalen Pickett |
Penn State |
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Adama Sanogo |
UConn |
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Marcus Sasser |
Houston |
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Terquavion Smith |
NC State |
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Drew Timme |
Gonzaga |
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Oscar Tshiebwe |
Kentucky |
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Azuolas Tubelis |
Arizona |
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Jalen Wilson |
Kansas |
|
Isaiah Wong |
Miami (Fla.) |
