Colorado University Athletics
Da Silva Named To Naismith Preseason Watch List
November 06, 2023 | Men's Basketball
BOULDER – University of Colorado senior Tristan da Silva is one of 50 watch-list members for the 2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's Basketball Player of the Year honor the Atlanta Tip Off Club announced on Monday.
Da Silva was a 2022-23 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team selection as a junior, leading Colorado at 15.9 points per game on just under 50 percent shooting. He led the Buffaloes with 54 3-point field goals and 44 steals while ranking second on the team in rebounding with 168.
The preseason honors are rolling in for da Silva. Colorado's active career leader in scoring, da Silva is one of 20 members of the Karl Malone Award Watch List for the nation's best power forward. He was named to Blue Ribbon Yearbook's Preseason All-America Fourth Team and tabbed Preseason All-Pac-12 by both league media and the Almanac, while also being named the latter publication's 56th best player in the nation. A truly positionless player, da Silva topped NCAA.com's Andy Katz's list of top small forwards in the nation and listed as one of his top 10 seniors in the nation overall.
For more information, visit www.naismithtrophy.com/awards.
Da Silva was a 2022-23 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team selection as a junior, leading Colorado at 15.9 points per game on just under 50 percent shooting. He led the Buffaloes with 54 3-point field goals and 44 steals while ranking second on the team in rebounding with 168.
The preseason honors are rolling in for da Silva. Colorado's active career leader in scoring, da Silva is one of 20 members of the Karl Malone Award Watch List for the nation's best power forward. He was named to Blue Ribbon Yearbook's Preseason All-America Fourth Team and tabbed Preseason All-Pac-12 by both league media and the Almanac, while also being named the latter publication's 56th best player in the nation. A truly positionless player, da Silva topped NCAA.com's Andy Katz's list of top small forwards in the nation and listed as one of his top 10 seniors in the nation overall.
For more information, visit www.naismithtrophy.com/awards.
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