Per Duke Comms:
Duke men’s basketball sophomores Kyle Filipowski and Tyrese Proctor were named to the preseason watch list for the 2024 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I Player of the Year award, the organization has announced. The Blue Devils are the lone ACC school with multiple players on the preseason watch list and just one of three programs (Creighton, USC) with two players selected.
Six former Blue Devils have been named NABC Division I Player of the Year, most recently Zion Williamson in 2019. Jason Williams earned the award in back-to-back seasons in 2001 and 2002 and is still the most recent repeat winner in the history of the award.