- Complete Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Utah’s Jakob Poeltl has been named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Friday.
Named after Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top centers in men’s college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Poeltl, who was a semifinalist for the award last season, is one of three Pac-12 big men named to the watch list that also includes Arizona’s Kaleb Tarczewski and Colorado’s Josh Scott.