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Markis McDuffie included on Forward of the Year watch list

Wichita State’s Markis McDuffie Snapchats on his phone while entering Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday afternoon before the NCAA Tournament game against Dayton. (Mar. 17, 2017)

Markis McDuffie, junior forward for the Shockers, was included as one of the 20 members on the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, announced Wednesday.

A national committee selects an initial list of 20 candidates.

Five finalists will be presented to Julius Erving and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee in March, after a committee narrows the list to 10 in February. The Naismith Hall of Fame will present the winner at the ESPN College Basketball Awards in Los Angeles in April.