Utah basketball sophomore center Jakob Poeltl was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar watch list today
Utah basketball sophomore center Jakob Poeltl was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar watch list today, according to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The award is named after Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. The annual award is in its second year and recognizes the top centers in men's college basketball. Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky was the inaugural winner of the award last season. Poeltl was a semi-finalist for the award last season as a freshman for Utah.