LOS ANGELES – Duke men's basketball has three players – Jeremy Roach, Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead – on the Preseason Top 50 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's. The same trio of Blue Devils were also named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List last week.
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award.