CHAPEL HILL — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Friday the 20 watch list members for the 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
North Carolina big men Armando Bacot, a sophomore from Richmond, Va., and Walker Kessler, a freshman from Newnan, Ga., both made the cut. Earlier this week, senior Garrison Brooks made the watch list for the Karl Malone Award, given to the nation's best power forward.
Named after Class of 1995 Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top centers in men's college basketball.