KANSAS CITY – The NABC has announced its 2026 Men's Basketball All-District Players and Coaches of the Year with three standout names from Nova Southeastern University.
NSU Men's Basketball, amid another historic season, has added a couple more accolades under its belt as
Dallas Graziani and
Ross Reeves were named to the NABC All-South District First Team, and head coach
Jim Crutchfield was named the NABC's South District Coach of the Year.
Both Graziani and Reeves will finish their Shark careers never having lost inside Rick Case Arena. Graziani, thus far, has also not lost a postseason game in which he's played in in his NSU career.
Graziani is a two-time national champion at Nova Southeastern and has already been named the South Region Player of the Year, SSC Player of the Year, SSC Defensive Player of the Year, All-SSC Tournament Team, and the South Region Tournament's Most Outstanding Player as he continues to add accolades to his resume.
Reeves has been NSU's primary offensive weapon and already ranks fourth in NSU history for points in a single season with 715 entering the Elite Eight national tournament.
Graziani has already entered the Pantheon of NSU Greats. The Pembroke Pines native has won 98.2% of the games he's played in as a Shark, is a two-time national champion and a finalist for the Bevo-Francis Award. He adds the NABC All-District selection to a long list of awards and accolades.
Both Graziani and Reeves are now eligible to be named NABC All-Americans, which will be released Tuesday, March 24, at 11 a.m.
Coach Crutchfield has had a season to remember, a year that started with his name being permanently etched onto the hardwood at Rick Case Arena and one that could end with his third national championship at the helm of the Sharks, Crutchfield heads into his 11
th Elite Eight appearance with a NABC South District Coach of the Year selection.
Crutchfield has led the Sharks to a 105-game home winning streak dating back to February of 2020. The streak is the longest in NCAA Division II's history and is just behind the University of Kentucky's streak of 129 straight home wins spanning the 1940s and 50s.
Coach Crutch is eligible to be the NABC's National Coach of the Year, an award that will be publicly announced on Wednesday, March 25, at 11 a.m.
Stay tuned to the Sharks' Elite Eight run in Pittsburgh by following along on X and Instagram @NSU_MBasketball or by logging online to NSUSharks.com.