On Thursday afternoon, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced WKU Basketball junior center Charles Bassey has been named one of 50 national watch list players for the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Trophy Men's Player of the Year award.
This is the second straight year that Bassey has been named to the watch list. Last season, he became the first Hilltopper to make the list since Courtney Lee in 2007.
A list of the midseason 30-member team will be released in early February, followed by the 10 national semifinalists and four finalists on March 4 and March 16, respectively. The trophy will be awarded during the Final Four at the Naismith Awards Brunch on April 4.