Graham Ike and Ryan Nembhard Named to Naismith Trophy Watch List

The pair of seniors are considered two of the Top 50 players heading into the season. Last season with the Zags, Ryan Nembhard averaged 12.6 PPG, 6.9 APG (8th most in the nation), 4.0 RPG and 1.2 SPG. As for Graham Ike, he put together 16.5 PPG on 60.9 FG% (18th most in the nation) and 7.4 RPG.

Here are the 48 other players from across the country named:

Robbie Avila – Saint Louis

Ace Bailey – Rutgers

Ace Baldwin – Penn State

Oumar Ballo – Arizona

Johni Broome – Auburn

Markus Burton – Notre Dame

Walter Clayton Jr. – Florida

LJ Cryer – Houston

Johnell Davis – Arkansas

RJ Davis – North Carolina

Tyson Degenhart – Boise State

Tucker DeVries – West Virginia

Hunter Dickinson – Kansas

Eric Dixon – Villanova

VJ Edgecombe – Baylor

Cooper Flagg – Duke

Dawson Garcia – Minnesota

Tyon Grant-Foster – Grand Canyon

Dylan Harper – Rutgers

Dajuan Harris – Kansas

Coleman Hawkins – Kansas State

Bryce Hopkins – Providence

Tre Johnson – Texas

Kam Jones – Marquette

Ryan Kalkbrenner – Creighton

Alex Karaban – UConn

Kon Knueppel – Duke

Yaxel Lendeborg – UAB

Tamin Lipsey – Iowa State

Caleb Love – Arizona

Liam McNeeley – UConn

Matthew Murrell – Ole Miss

Grant Nelson – Alabama

Norchad Omier – Miami

Great Osobor – Washington

Kadary Richmond – Syracuse

Jeremy Roach – Baylor

J’Wan Roberts – Houston

Jaxson Robinson – Kentucky

Hunter Sallis – Wake Forest

Payton Sandfort – Iowa

Mark Sears – Alabama

Jackson Shelstad – Oregon

Braden Smith – Purdue

AJ Storr – Kansas

Wade Taylor IV – Texas A&M

Bruce Thornton – Ohio State

Zakai Zeigler – Tennessee

Nemhard was named to the Bob Cousy Award watch list which is given to the best point guard in the country and Ike was named to the Karl Malone Ward watch list which is given to the best power forward in the country.

Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho