Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson and John Wall are among 50 players named to a pre-season watch list for the Naismith Award, one of the trophies recognizing a college basketball player of the year.
Patterson, an all-Southeastern Conference player last season, bypassed the NBA draft to return for his junior season. Wall is a freshman many project as the first pick in the 2010 NBA draft.
Patterson and Wall are among eight SEC players named to the watch list. The others are Devan Downey of South Carolina, Tasmin Mitchell of LSU, A.J. Ogilvy of Vanderbilt, Tyler Smith of Tennessee, Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State and Terrico White of Ole Miss.
In late February, the Atlanta Tipoff Club will release a list of top 30 candidates for the award. Four finalists will be announced in March.



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