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Pitt's Blake Hinson Named All-American, Roberson Trophy Candidate

Pitt Panthers superstar Blake Hinson is officially a candidate for some of the biggest honors in college basketball.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt's Blake Hinson Named All-American, Roberson Trophy Candidate
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PITTSBURGH -- Pitt Panthers superstar Blake Hinson has earned more national recognition as he and his team hit up during the home stretch of the regular season. 

Hinson was the lone Panther named to the list of 40 college basketball players that are candidates for the USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-American Watch List. This is the first step towards being considered for the National Player of the Year award. 

Hinson is averaging 18.9 points and five rebounds per game, making him the only player in college basketball averaging north of 18 points and five rebounds per game while also having made 90 or more 3-pointers this season. 

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Hinson is one of five ACC players to crack this exclusive list of 40 of the best players in college basketball. Duke's Kyle Filipowski, Clemson's P.J. Hall, Wake Forest's Hunter Sallis and North Carolina's Armando Bacot and R.J. Davis also made the list. 

The 40 players being considered for the Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-American consideration will be placed on the association's annual awards ballot, which will be distributed to members this week. 

The ballot also includes the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman Player of the Year Award, the Henry Iba National Coach of the Year Award and the 15-man USBWA All-America Team. Members will have until the final day of the regular season to vote for all of the honors that are based on regular-season performance. 

The USBWA board will then review and verify the results so that its All-America Team, Freshman Player of the Year and National Coach of the Year will be announced before the start of the NCAA Tournament.

The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be announced at the NCAA Men's Final Four in Glendale, Arizona during the first weekend of April. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Panthers will battle Clemson in a marquee matchup with ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament implications tonight with tip-off slated for 7:00 p.m. and ACC Network carrying the broadcast. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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