Elijah Hughes, a redshirt junior forward with Syracuse basketball, is having himself an exquisite 2019-20 campaign at this juncture. Hughes is currently leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring, and, for my money, he’s one of the top players in the country.
The folks who hand out the 2020 Julius Erving Award, bestowed annually to the best small forward across Division I men’s hoops, seem to agree. On Wednesday, Hughes got named as one of 10 finalists for the award, and that recognition for him is absolutely well-deserved.
In case you’re wondering, the other nine contenders are Boise State’s Derrick Alston Jr.