Buddy Hield, Ron Baker headline list of Jerry West Award candidates
On Tuesday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 20 candidates for the 2016 Jerry West Award, the annual honor given to the top shooting guard in college basketball.
The award, introduced last year, was given to Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell in 2015.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Allonzo Trier, Arizona
Kellen Dunham, Butler
Jordan Mathews, Cal
Grayson Allen, Duke
Dwayne Bacon, Florida State
Marvell Harris, Fresno State
James Blackmon, Indiana
A.J. English, Iona
Antonio Blakeney, LSU
Rasheed Sulaimon, Maryland
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Caris LeVert, Michigan
Malik Newman, Mississippi State
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
E.C. Matthews, Rhode Island
Danuel House, Texas A&M
Melvin Johnson, VCU
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Ron Baker, Wichita State
Five finalists will be named in March. A winner will be selected on April 8.
