SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame included a pair of Sun Devils on the preseason watch lists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julius Erving Award.
Freshman Jayden Quaintance is one of 20 initial candidates for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given out annually the nation's best center. Senior BJ Freeman is one of 20 players selected to the Julius Erving Award preseason watch list, which recognizes the top small forward in the country. The duo represent the first Sun Devils to land on a national award preseason watch list since 2021.