Murphy Named to Malone Award Watch List

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Per the U of MN press release:

For the second straight season, University of Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy has been identified as one of the nation’s best power forwards, earning a spot on the Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List. The honor, which was announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame, is given to the top power forward in the country among Division I men’s basketball players.
Murphy, who was selected last week to the Preseason All-Big Ten team, is one of 20 honorees on the list. A second-team All-Big Ten selection last spring, Murphy set a new single-season school record and led the nation with 24 double-doubles, while also posting a new school record with 361 rebounds, tops among Big Ten players.

The San Antonio, Texas native ranked seventh in the conference scoring 16.8 points per game, reaching double figures in all but one, and was the team's leader with 32 steals and second-leading shot blocker with 32. He nabbed three Big Ten Player of the Week awards, just the second Gopher to ever do so.

By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2019 Karl Malone Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy’s in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 12, 2019, along with the other four members of the Naismith Starting 5. Additional awards being presented and receiving support from Eaton Ephesus Lighting include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award. Broadcast information will be released by ESPN at a later date.

2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates

Yoeli Childs

BYU

Zion Williamson

Duke

Juwan Morgan

Indiana

Dedric Lawson

Kansas

Dean Wade

Kansas St

Reid Travis

Kentucky

P.J. Washington

Kentucky

Jordan Murphy

Minnesota

Jordan Brown

Nevada

Luke Maye

North Carolina

Drew McDonald

Northern Kentucky

Chris Silva

South Carolina

Mike Daum

South Dakota State

Grant Williams

Tennessee

Devontae Cacok

UNCW

Bennie Boatwright

USC

Simisola ****tu

Vanderbilt

Eric Paschall

Villanova

Noah Dickerson

Washington

Sagaba Konate

West Virginia
 

Who won the award last year? How far did Murph make it?
 

Deandre Ayton from Arizon I believe won it last year
 





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