CINCINNATI – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett to the 2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List. Members of the association's board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which is given to the USBWA's National Player of the Year. In addition, Bluiett was seventh on the list of top vote-getters that were not on the five-member preseason Associated Press All-America team, which was announced today.
Xavier alumnus David West, who is now playing for the Golden State Warriors, earned Associated Press and USBWA National Player of the Year honors in 2003.