The Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award | College Basketball Awards

Nov. 4, 2021

2021-22 WATCH LIST

BOSTON, MA -- The Watch List for the 2021-22 Lute Olson National Player of the Year award was announced on Thursday.

The award, which is presented annually to the top player in division I college basketball, is named in honor of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who won 776 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona.

During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.

Olson is one of just 25 head coaches in NCAA history to win 700 or more games (all divisions) and ranks ninth on the Division I career victories list. He finished with a winning percentage of .731 and is the all-time winningest coach in Arizona history with 587-190 record (.755). He was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times.

Olson also guided Arizona to 20 consecutive 20-win seasons and is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to record 29 or more 20-win seasons.

Prior to Arizona, Olson spent nine seasons at Iowa. He won 167 games and lead the Hawkeyes to the Final Four in 1980. He also spent one season at Long Beach State, leading the 49ers to a 24-2 record and a No. 3 ranking nationally.

In 2002, Olson was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Max Abmas	6-1	Jr.	Oral Roberts
Keve Aluma	6-9	Sr.	Virginia Tech
Armando Bacot	6-10	Jr.	North Carolina
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	6-9	Fr.	Milwaukee
Paolo Banchero	6-10	Fr.	Duke
Alex Barcello	6-2	Sr.	BYU
Emoni Bates	6-9	Fr.	Memphis
Buddy Boeheim	6-8	Sr.	Syracuse
Matt Bradley	6-4	Sr.	San Diego State
Julian Champagnie	6-8	Jr.	St. John’s
Kennedy Chandler	6-0	Fr.	Tennessee
Kofi Cockburn	7-0	Jr.	Illinois
Andre Curbelo	6-1	So.	Illinois
Kendric Davis	6-0	Sr.	SMU
Hunter Dickinson	7-1	So.	Michigan
Tyson Etienne	6-2	So.	Wichita State
Adam Flagler	6-3	Jr.	Baylor
Collin Gillespie	6-3	Sr.	Villanova
Kellan Grady	6-5	Sr.	Kentucky
Chet Holmgren	7-0	Fr.	Gonzaga
Jaden Ivey	6-4	So.	Purdue
Trayce Jackson-Davis	6-9	Jr.	Indiana
Jaime Jaquez, Jr.	6-7	Jr.	UCLA
Andrew Jones	6-4	Sr.	Texas
Johnny Juzang	6-7	Jr.	UCLA
E.J. Liddell	6-7	Jr.	Ohio State
Remy Martin	6-0	Sr.	Kansas
David McCormack	6-10	Sr.	Kansas
Tre Mitchell	6-9	Jr.	Texas
Isaiah Mobley	6-10	Jr.	USC
Kevin Obanor	6-8	Sr.	Texas Tech
Scotty Pippen Jr.	6-3	Jr.	Vanderbilt
Jahvon Quinerly	6-1	Jr.	Alabama
Marcus Sasser	6-2	Jr.	Houston
Jaden Shackelford	6-3	Jr.	Alabama
Terrence Shannon Jr.	6-6	Jr.	Texas Tech
Drew Timme	6-10	Jr.	Gonzaga
TyTy Washington	6-3	Fr.	Kentucky
Trevion Williams	6-10	Sr.	Purdue
Mark Williams	7-0	So.	Duke