The national attention and praise for Kris Dunn keeps rolling in as College Basketball Talk at NBCSports.com named Dunn the top player in college basketball for the 2015-16 season. This is the second major national publication to declare Dunn the top player this year as CBS Sports did the same earlier this month. In addition to these accolades Dunn has also been named to Preseason All-American teams by Blue Ribbon College Yearbook, Sporting News and CBSSports.com. Blue Ribbon and CBSSports.com were First Team proclamations while Sporting News placed Dunn on their Second Team. You can find all of Dunn’s honors on his microsite created by Providence’s athletic department.
Dunn was also named the Preseason National Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon, the Preseason Big East Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and is on the preseason watch list for the 2016 Bob Cousy Award. The national attention is likely to continue as Dunn will likely have to carry this young Providence team on his back through the non-conference schedule as the freshmen that will be counted on the contribute get their feet wet in big-time college basketball.
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