The accolades keep rolling in for star UConn big man Adama Sanogo. Less than two weeks after being named the Big East Preseason Player of the Year, the Bamako, Mali product was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award watch list.
Sanogo finished last season as one of five finalists for the award and joins Big East big men Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton and Xavier’s Jack Nunge on the 20-player watch list. He’s also one of three finalists from last season returning to college basketball this season, joining Gonzaga’s Drew Timme and Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, who won the award last season.