Wednesday, BYU men’s basketball freshman guard/forward AJ Dybantsa was named to the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award watch list.
Last season at Utah Prep of Hurricane, Dybantsa posted 21.5 points and 12.7 rebounds per game last season before joining the Cougars’ program.
He is joined on this list by
Arkansas sophomore guard Karter Knox (8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds per game last season)
Baylor freshman forward Tounde Yessoufou (28.8 points, 10.3 rebounds per game last season at St. Joseph High School of Santa Maria, Calif.)
Duke freshman forward Dame Sarr (3.6 points per game last season for Barca of Barcelona, Spain)
Oklahoma sophomore forward Derrion Reid (6 points per game last season at Alabama)
Houston freshman guard/forward Zai Harwell (14 points per game last season at Wasatch Academy)
Illinois junior forward Andrej Stojaković (17.9 points, 4.7 rebounds per game last season at California)
Inidana senior forward Tucker DeVries (13.2 points, 4.3 rebounds per game last season at West Virginia)
Iowa State junior forward/center Milan Momcilovic (11.5 points, 3.3 rebounds per game last season)
Michigan State junior forward Coen Carr (8 points, 3.6 rebounds per game last season)
NC State senior forward Darrion Williams (15.1 points, 5.5 rebounds per game last season at Texas Tech)
Ohio State junior foward Devin Royal (13.7 points, 6.9 rebounds per game last season)
Purdue senior guard/forward Fletcher Loyer (13.8 points per game last season)
San Diego State junior foward Miles Byrd (12.3 points, 4.4 rebounds per game last season)
Tennessee freshman forward Nate Ament (18.9 points, 10 rebounds per game last season at Highland School of Warrenton, Va.)
Texas junior small forward Dailyn Swain (11 points, 5.5 rebounds per game last season at Xavier)
Texas Tech junior foward LeJuan Watts (13.7 points, 6.7 rebounds per game last season at Washington State)
UCLA junior foward Eric Dailey Jr. (11.4 points, 4 rebounds per game last season)
Connecticut freshman shooting guard Braylon Mullins (22 points, 5.6 rebounds per game last season at Greenfield-Central High School of Greenfield, Ind.)
USC graduate senior forward Chad Baker-Mazara (12.3 points per game last season at Auburn)
Dybantsa and his BYU teammates face Villanova Monday at T-Mobile Arena of Las Vegas to start the season.
