NEW ORLEANS – Two Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball players - Troy junior forward Thomas Dowd and Marshall senior guard Jalen Speer - have been named to the 2025-26 Lou Henson Award Early Season Watch List.
The Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award is presented annually to the best mid-major player in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball. The 2026 award will be announced in Indianapolis, Ind., the site of this season’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
A Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team selection, Dowd currently ranks 11th nationally in rebounds per game (10.