Georgia Tech senior Ben Lammers was one of 20 Division I centers named Wednesday to the pre-season watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
The watch list for the award, named after three-time NCAA Champion and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, is voted on by a national committee of top college basketball personnel and recognizes the top centers in college basketball.
As a junior, Lammers was named to the All-ACC second team and was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 14.2 points and 9.2 rebounds and ranking third nationally in blocked shots.
The watch list will be cut to 10 players in February and in March, five finalists for the 2018 Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar Award will be presented to Abdul-Jabbar and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee.
On April 6, 2018, the winner will be announced and presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show in Los Angeles, Calif.
Previous winners include Przemek Karnowski of Gonzaga (2017), Jakob Poeltl of Utah (2016) and Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin (2015).
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