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November 4, 2013

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Kentucky, Kansas Dominate Wayman Tisdale Preseason Watch List

Not surprisingly, six of the 10 players on the 2014 Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award Preseason Watch List attend Kentucky and Kansas.

Kansas guard Andrew Wiggins, the association’s preseason selection for Freshman Player of the Year, is joined by teammate Wayne Selden on the watch list. But it’s Kentucky that dominates the list with four players – twin guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison, forward Julius Randle and guard James Young.

Rounding out the list are Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis, Arizona guard Aaron Gordon, Florida guard Kasey Hill and Duke forward Jabari Parker. The Southeastern Conference boasts five of the 10 players on the list. Seven of the 10 players are guards.

Following is the complete watch list:

2014 WAYMAN TISDALE AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST
Pos.	Player, School	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	Hometown
G	Tyler Ennis, Syracuse	6-2	180	Fr.	Brampton, Ont.
F	Aaron Gordon, Arizona	6-9	225	Fr.	San Jose, Calif.
G	Aaron Harrison, Kentucky	6-6	218	Fr.	Richmond, Texas
G	Andrew Harrison, Kentucky	6-6	215	Fr.	Richmond, Texas
G	Kasey Hill, Florida	6-1	181	Fr.	Eustis, Fla.
F	Jabari Parker, Duke	6-8	235	Fr.	Chicago, Ill.
F	Julius Randle, Kentucky	6-9	250	Fr.	Dallas, Texas
G	Wayne Selden, Kansas	6-5	230	Fr.	Roxbury, Mass.
G	Andrew Wiggins, Kansas	6-8	200	Fr.	Vaughan, Ont.
G	James Young, Kentucky	6-6	215	Fr.	Rochester Hills, Mich.
By conference: SEC (5) ACC (2) Big 12 (2), Pac-12 (1).

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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