Vernon Carey Named To Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List
Duke freshman Vernon Carey Jr. was named to the 20-player watchlist for the 2020 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award, presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The list was determined by a national committee of top college basketball personnel.
Carey is the third Blue Devil named to the watch list, for a total of four times in the six-year history of the award. Jahlil Okafor was named in 2014-15, and Marques Bolden was named in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
A Blue Devil has never won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award.
Here's Carey at Duke media day:
Former Duke center Chase Jeter was also named to the Watch list. Jeter played two seasons for Duke, averaging 2.6 ppg in 14.9 minutes as a sophomore. He transferred to Arizona following the 2017 season. This will be his senior season with the Wildcats.
Carey is one of three ACC centers on the list, joined by Louisville’s Steven Enoch and North Carolina’s Armando Bacot.
Carey is one of four freshmen on the list, joined by Bacot, Memphis’ James Wiseman vnd Washington’s Isaiah Stewart.
The full watch list for the award is below:
Chase Jeter Arizona
Nico Carvacho Colorado State
Vernon Carey Jr. Duke
Kerry Blackshear Florida
Omer Yurtseven Georgetown
Luka Garza Iowa
Udoka Azubuike Kansas
Steven Enoch Louisville
James Wiseman Memphis
Jon Teske Michigan
Jeremiah Tilmon Missouri
Armando Bacot North Carolina
Nate Watson Providence
Matt Haarms Purdue
Nick Rakocevic USC
Neemias Queta Utah State
Isaiah Stewart Washington
Derek Culver West Virginia
Charles Bassey Western Kentucky
Nathan Knight William & Mary
