The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Basketball’s Abmas named to Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Midseason Team
02.15.2024 | Men's Basketball
Abmas is one of 30 players on midseason watch list for award that honors the Division I Player of the Year in men’s college basketball.
ATLANTA — University of Texas Men's Basketball graduate guard Max Abmas is one of 30 players selected to the 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Year Midseason Team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club/Naismith Awards announced Thursday. The Naismith Trophy is annually awarded to the nation's top men's and women's college basketball players.
Abmas was previously named one of 10 midseason watch list candidates for the Bob Cousy Award (nation's top point guard) and one of 25 midseason watch list candidates for the John R. Wooden Award (National Player of the Year). He has earned three Big 12 Newcomer of the Week accolades during the 2023-24 season.
In his first 24 contests at Texas this year, Abmas leads the team in scoring (17.7 ppg) and minutes (35.0 mpg) and ranks second in assists (4.4 apg). He has hit 44.4-percent (142-320) from the floor, including a 38.9-percent (72-185) mark from three-point range, and 90.8-percent (69-76) from the free throw line. Abmas also sports a 1.88-to-1 (105-56) assist-to-turnover ratio this season.
In eleven Big 12 Conference contests, he has averaged 18.4 ppg (second in the league) while converting 43.2-percent (64-148) from the floor, including a 39.6-percent (36-91) mark from three-point range, in 36.5 mpg.
Abmas has played and started 147 career games during his five years at Oral Roberts and Texas. He owns five-year collegiate totals of 2,987 points, 501 assists, 482 rebounds and 160 steals. Abmas has reached double figures in scoring 136 times (all 24 games this year), topped the 20-point mark 75 times, eclipsed the 30-point mark 19 times and topped the 40-point mark twice in his career. He has reached double digits in points in 46 consecutive games.
Abmas is just 13 points away from becoming the 12th player in NCAA Division I men's history to reach the 3,000-point milestone. He also ranks No. 5 on the NCAA Division I men's career chart for most three-point field goals made (492).
Texas (16-8, 5-6 Big 12) returns to action when it travels to face No. 3/3 Houston on Saturday, Feb. 17. Tip is set for Noon Central at Fertitta Center in Houston, and the contest will be televised nationally by CBS.
2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year Midseason Watch List
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Player |
School |
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TEXAS |
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Armando Bacot |
North Carolina |
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Johni Broome |
Auburn |
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Boo Buie |
Northwestern |
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Devin Carter |
Providence |
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L.J. Cryer |
Houston |
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Johnell Davis |
Florida Atlantic |
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RJ Davis |
North Carolina |
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Hunter Dickinson |
Kansas |
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Zach Edey |
Purdue |
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Kyle Filipowski |
Duke |
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PJ Hall |
Clemson |
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DaRon Holmes II |
Dayton |
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David Jones |
Memphis |
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Dalton Knecht |
Tennessee |
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Tyler Kolek |
Marquette |
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Jaedon LeDee |
San Diego State |
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Tamin Lipsey |
Iowa State |
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Caleb Love |
Arizona |
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Kevin McCullar Jr. |
Kansas |
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Tristen Newton |
UConn |
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Antonio Reeves |
Kentucky |
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Baylor Scheierman |
Creighton |
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Mark Sears |
Alabama |
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Jamal Shead |
Houston |
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KJ Simpson |
Colorado |
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Braden Smith |
Purdue |
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Isaiah Stevens |
Colorado State |
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Wade Taylor IV |
Texas A&M |
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Tyson Walker |
Michigan State |
