Felton Honored as Nation's Top PG

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">North Carolina junior Raymond Felton was named the 2005 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard Award Winner. The award recognizes the best point guard in all of college basketball, with candidates considered from all three NCAA Divisions.

Felton's point guard play has led North Carolina to the 2005 NCAA Championship game against Illinois. During the regular season, Felton averaged 12.7 points per game, 6.9 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game for the Tar Heels. Felton finished with 11 of 23 first place votes and 74 points, followed by Chris Paul of Wake Forest (69 points) and Marquette's Travis Diener (47 points).
Hall of Famer Bob Cousy inspired the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to establish a national, men's collegiate award that recognizes the talents that made Cousy one of best guards to ever play the game. The Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard Award debuted during the 2003-2004 college basketball season, with Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph's named its inaugural winner.

"Mr. Cousy has a vision for this award," said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Hall of Fame. "He wants to recognize the vital importance of the point guard position and highlight its crucial role in achieving team success. This award recognizes core basketball skills such as passing, dribbling and creating team offense in addition to intangibles such as leadership, vision, selflessness and focus."

Considered the prototype of point guards, "Mr. Basketball" was a freshman on the Holy Cross team that won the NCAA Championship in 1947. He was a pioneer in the NBA, famous for bringing a "flashy" style of passing and showmanship to the game. Named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, Cousy led the Boston Celtics to championships in 1957 and 1959 through 1963. Bob led the NBA in assists for eight consecutive years (1953-1960) and played in 13 straight All-Star games. After his retirement from professional basketball he was a successful (117-38) coach at Boston College from 1963 to 1969.

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