Larry Sanders makes Naismith Preseason Top 50 Watch List

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http://community.foxsports.com/good...naismith_preseason_top_50_watch_list_unveiled

NAISMITH TROPHY 2009-10 PRESEASON WATCH LIST

Solomon Alabi, Florida State
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Talor Battle, Penn State
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Avery Bradley, Texas
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia
Patrick Christopher, California
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Devan Downey, South Carolina
Jerome Dyson, UConn
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Manny Harris, Michigan
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Lazar Hayward, Marquette
Xavier Henry, Kansas*
Robbie Hummel, Purdue
Damion James, Texas
Jerome Jordan, Tulsa*
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt*
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Jerome Randle, California
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
Samardo Samuels, Louisville
Larry Sanders, VCU
Kyle Singler, Duke
Tyler Smith, Tennessee
Isaiah Thomas, Washington*
Evan Turner, Ohio State
Edwin Ubiles, Siena
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State*
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
Kemba Walker, UConn
John Wall, Kentucky
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Terrico White, Mississippi*
Nic Wise, Arizona*
Chris Wright, Dayton

 

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The 7 guys with asterisk's are the ones that Goodman did not vote for on his ballot. Kenny Boynton (Florida), Matt Howard (Butler), JaJuan Johnson (Purdue), Wesley Johnson (Syracuse), Malcolm Lee (UCLA), Jon Scheyer (Duke) and Iman Shumpert (Georgia Tech).

 

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http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/s...etball/article/VCUB31_20091030-221809/302759/

As always the Times-Dispatch with timely reporting of the news.

Virginia Commonwealth junior forward Larry Sanders is one of 50 players named to the watch list for the Naismith Trophy. The award is presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the nation's top collegiate men's basketball player.

Also on the list are Benedictine graduate Ed Davis, a sophomore forward at North Carolina, and Virginia sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg. There are 13 sophomores on the list.

Sanders, 6-11, was the Colonial Athletic Association's defensive player of the year last season. He averaged 11.3 points and 8.6 rebounds and was ninth in the country with 2.7 blocked shots per game.

Sanders, Davis and Landesberg also are on the top-50 list for the Wooden Award, a player-of-the-year honor given by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.