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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 2, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB’s Butler Named to Bob Cousy Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Junior is one of 20 players on watch list for national point guard of the year</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s basketball junior Jared Butler has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award, as announced Monday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The award is now in its 18<sup>th</sup> year recognizing the top point guards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel
determined the watch list of 20 candidates. The list will be narrowed to 10 candidates in late January, and a month late five finalists will be presented to Mr. Cousy and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner will be presented on April 9, along
with four other members of the Men’s Starting Five. Players can be added to the watch list throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Watch Lists for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year, Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year, Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center
of the Year awards will be announced throughout this week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler is one of four Big 12 Conference players on the Bob Cousy Award watch list, joining Kansas’ Marcus Garrett, Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham and Texas’ Matt Coleman
III. Additional players on the watch list include Arizona State’s Remy Martin, Colorado’s McKinley Wright IV, Creighton’s Marcus Zegarowski, Dayton’s Jalen Crutcher, Florida State’s Scottie Barnes, Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs, Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu, LSU’s Javonte
Smart, Pepperdine’s Colbey Ross, Rhode Island’s Daron Russell, Richmond’s Jacob Gilyard, Rutgers’ Geordano Baker, Seton Hall’s Bryce Aiken, Villanova’s Collin Gillespie, Virginia’s Kihei Clark and Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Butler could potentially square off against eight players on the watch list during the regular season. In addition to the three Big 12 opponents on the watch list, the
Bears open the season at the 2k Empire Classic, where they could face Arizona State and Villanova. BU takes on Gonzaga on Dec. 5, and the Bears could also face Seton Hall and Illinois in non-conference play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A unanimous third-team All-American and first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2019-20, Butler went through the NBA Draft process during the offseason before electing to
return to Baylor for his 2020-21 junior season. As a sophomore, Butler led the Bears with 16.0 points per game, while shooting .381 from 3-point range, averaging 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals in 30.4 minutes per game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Athletics expects to open the season with 25 percent capacity in the Ferrell Center, and renewed season ticket holders will have exclusive priority. Additional information
on the adjusted ticketing process has been provided by the Baylor Bear Foundation
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2020/10/28/mens-basketball-baylor-athletics-announces-2020-21-basketball-ticketing-plan.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021 BOB COUSY POINT GUARD OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Remy Martin, Arizona State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jared Butler, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">McKinley Wright IV, Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jalen Crutcher, Dayton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scottie Barnes, Florida State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marcus Garrett, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Javonte Smart, LSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colbey Ross, Pepperdine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daron Russell, Rhode Island<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jacob Gilyard, Richmond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Geordano Baker, Rutgers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bryce Aiken, Seton Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt Coleman III, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collin Gillespie, Villanova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kihei Clark, Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">D'Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020-21 BAYLOR MBB PRESEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jared Butler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 Team (unanimous)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MaCio Teague<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mark Vital<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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