Max Abmas named to NABC Division I Player of the Year preseason watch list
Texas guard Max Abmas is one of 20 preseason watch list candidates for the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I Player of the Year award, the NABC announced Thursday. Selected by a nationwide vote of Division I head coaches, the award will be announced the week of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Final Four.
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The Oral Roberts University transfer is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the Bob Cousy Award (nation’s top point guard) and was tabbed to the five-person Preseason All-Big 12 Team. Abmas was also named a preseason 2nd team All-America selection by FOX Sports and a preseason 3rd team All-America honoree by CBS Sports.
Abmas enters 2023 as the NCAA Division I active career scoring leader (2,562 points) and career scoring average leader (20.8 ppg). He also played and started 123 career games and registered 2,562 points (20.8 ppg), 396 assists (3.2 apg), 409 rebounds (3.3 rpg) and 139 steals (1.1 spg) in 4,275 minutes (34.8 mpg) over the last four seasons at ORU. He converted 38.8-percent (420-1083) from three-point range and 88.1-percent (460-522) from the free throw line during his time at ORU.
In 2020-21, Abmas guided Oral Roberts to the NCAA Sweet 16 while leading Division I in scoring (24.5 ppg) and ranking second nationally in three-point field goals made per game (3.6). He earned his BS in Mathematics from ORU in Spring 2023 and is pursuing a graduate certificate in Strategic Communication.
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Abmas was a three-time honorable mention All-America selection (The Associated Press) and twice named Summit League Player of the Year (2021 and 2023). As a senior in 2022-23 at Oral Roberts, he averaged 21.9 ppg, 4.0 apg and 4.4 rpg in 36.0 mpg and ranked ninth in Division I in scoring and fifth in free throw percentage (.919).
No. 18 Texas opens the 2023-2024 regular season with a home game against Incarnate Word. Tip is set for 7 p.m. central at the Moody Center, and will be televised by the Longhorn Network.
2024 NABC Division I Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
| Player | School |
| Max Abmas | TEXAS |
| Trey Alexander | Creighton |
| Armando Bacot | North Carolina |
| Oumar Ballo | Arizona |
| Boo Buie | Northwestern |
| Donovan Clingan | UConn |
| Isaiah Collier | USC |
| Hunter Dickinson | Kansas |
| Zach Edey | Purdue |
| Boogie Ellis | USC |
| Kyle Filipowski | Duke |
| Bryce Hopkins | Providence |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | Creighton |
| Tyler Kolek | Marquette |
| Justin Moore | Villanova |
| Ryan Nembhard | Gonzaga |
| Tyrese Proctor | Duke |
| Terrence Shannon Jr. | Illinois |
| Wade Taylor IV | Texas A&M |
| Tyson Walker | Michigan State |
