Naismith announces early-season watch list
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| Creighton's Doug McDermott is among the favorites to win this year's Naismith Award. (US Presswire) |
The Atlantic Tipoff Club announced its 50-player early-season watch list on Tuesday morning, led by Creighton's Doug McDermott and Indiana's Cody Zeller.
Unlike the Wooden Award, the Naismith allows newcomers to make the list -- and seven freshmen are among the 50. Come February, the Board of Selectors will make a list of 30, and then cut it to four in March.
Here are the 50:
- Kyle Anderson, UCLA
- Chane Behanan, Louisville
- Kenny Boynton, Florida
- Lorenzo Brown, NC State
- Trey Burke, Michigan
- Isaiah Canaan, Murray State
- Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
- Rotnei Clarke, Butler
- Jack Cooley, Notre Dame
- D.J. Cooper, Ohio
- Aaron Craft, Ohio State
- Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
- Gorgui Dieng, Louisville
- Michael Dixon Jr., Missouri
- Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State
- Tim Frazier, Penn State
- Archie Goodwin, Kentucky
- Elias Harris, Gonzaga
- Pierre Jackson, Baylor
- Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati
- C.J. Leslie, NC State
- Mark Lyons, Arizona
- Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota
- James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina
- C.J. McCollum, Lehigh
- Doug McDermott, Creighton
- Rodney McGruder, Kansas State
- Ben McLemore, Kansas
- Mike Moser, UNLV
- Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
- Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
- Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
- Mason Plumlee, Duke
- Otto Porter, Georgetown
- Alex Poythress, Kentucky
- Phil Pressey, Missouri
- Andre Roberson, Colorado
- Peyton Siva, Louisville
- Marcus Smart,
Oklahoma State - Michael Snaer, Florida State
- Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee
- Adonis Thomas, Memphis
- Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
- Christian Watford, Indiana
- Jeff Withey, Kansas
- Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
- BJ Young, Arkansas
- Patric Young, Florida
- Cody Zeller, Indiana
