The preseason accolades continue to amass for this season’s Kentucky Wildcats, as the sensational freshman trio of De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk and Bam Adebayo were among 50 NCAA basketball players named to the 2017 Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year Award Preseason Watch List.
In two games of exhibition play this preseason, the Cats have been nothing short of sensational, leaning heavily on the play of the three super-frosh. Wildcat Blue Nation has reported previously that Fox’s speed make him all but unguardable in the open court, Monk is a high-flyer that can score at will, and Adebayo’s presence in the middle gives Kentucky elite scoring and rebounding inside the paint.