On Thursday afternoon, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its preseason watch list for the Karl Malone Award, an accolade given to the top power forward in men’s college basketball, and Villanova’s Jeremiah Robinson-Earl made the list.
Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.