SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball player Shawn Long was named on Thursday as one of 10 watch list finalists for the 2016 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award in an announcement by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in October, which has now been narrowed to 10.