UConn’s Andre Drummond, Jeremy Lamb and Alex Oriakhi were three of 50 players placed on the Naismith Watch Monday.
UConn is one of three schools with three players nominated (Ohio State and Vanderbilt were the others). North Carolina and Kentucky, the top two teams in each preseason poll, has four players on the list.
Drummond is one of seven freshman nominated. Here’s the full list, courtesy of NCAA.com
| School | Class | Pos. | Player | School | Class | Pos. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Abromaitis | Notre Dame | GS | F | Terrence Jones | Kentucky | So | F | |
| Harrison Barnes | North Carolina | So | F | Kevin Jones | West Virginia | Sr | F | |
| Will Barton | Memphis | So | G | Kris Joseph | Syracuse | Sr | F | |
| Bradley Beal | Florida | Fr | G | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Kentucky | Fr | F | |
| William Buford | Ohio State | Sr | G | Jeremy Lamb | Connecticut | So | G | |
| Aaron Craft | Ohio State | So | G | Kendall Marshall | North Carolina | So | G | |
| Anthony Davis | Kentucky | Fr | F | Ray McCallum | Detroit | So | G | |
| Marcus Denmon | Missouri | Sr | G | Doug McDermott | Creighton | So | F | |
| Andre Drummond | Connecticut | Fr | C | Khris Middleton | Texas A&M | Jr | F | |
| Festus Ezeli | Vanderbilt | Sr | C | Quincy Miller | Baylor | Fr | F | |
| Ashton Gibbs | Pitt | Sr | G | Reeves Nelson | UCLA | Jr | F | |
| Michael Glover | Iona | Sr | F | Andrew Nicholson | St. Bonaventure | Sr | F | |
| Drew Gordon | New Mexico | Sr | F | Alex Oriakhi | Connecticut | Jr | C | |
| Draymond Green | Michigan State | Sr | F | Austin Rivers | Duke | Fr | G | |
| JaMychal Green | Alabama | Sr | F | Thomas Robinson | Kansas | Jr | F | |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | Michigan | So | G | Terrence Ross | Washington | So | G | |
| Elias Harris | Gonzaga | Jr | F | John Shurna | Northwestern | Sr | F | |
| John Henson | North Carolina | Jr | F | Peyton Siva | Louisville | Jr | G | |
| Tu Holloway | Xavier | Sr | G | Joshua Smith | UCLA | So | C | |
| Robbie Hummel | Purdue | Sr | F | Jared Sullinger | Ohio State | So | C | |
| Joe Jackson | Memphis | Jr | G | Jordan Taylor | Wisconsin | Sr | G | |
| John Jenkins | Vanderbilt | So | G | Jeffery Taylor | Vanderbilt | Sr | G/F | |
| Orlando Johnson | UC-Santa Barbara | Sr | G | Marquis Teague | Kentucky | Fr | G | |
| Darius Johnson-Odom | Marquette | Sr | G | Patric Young | Florida | So | F/C | |
| Perry Jones III | Baylor | So | F | Tyler Zeller | North Carolina | Sr | F |
