The 2020-21 LSU basketball season begins in three weeks and junior Javonte Smart is getting some early recognition as a point guard to watch across all of Division I.
Smart was one of 20 players on the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award watchlist, given to the top point guard in Division I men’s basketball. The award is named in honor of former Holy Cross Crusader and Boston Celtics point guard Bob Cousy, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Entering his third year with LSU, and his second as the Tigers’ starting point guard, Smart has appeared in 65 games with 48 starts.