SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Wednesday, University of Utah men’s basketball forward Timmy Allen was named to the Julius Erving Award Watch List per a statement from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
This award, in its seventh year of existence, annually honors the top small forward in Division I men’s basketball.
Allen, a 6-6 198-pound junior forward out of Mesa, Ariz., netted 17.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game for the Utes in 2019-20.
Allen also shot 44.1 percent from the field and 72.2 percent at the foul line last season 16-15 (7-11 in Pac-12 play) Utes.
Allen also netted 92 assists and 38 steals for the Utes in 2019-20.
Allen is only 108 points from becoming the 40th Ute in program history to net 1,000 points for his career.
This 20-member watch list will be pared down to 10 by late January. The five finalists will be selected in late February.
Others on the list are as follows:
Boise State redshirt senior guard/small forward Derrick Alston Jr.
Duke freshman forward Jalen Johnson
Duke sophomore forward Wendell Moore Jr.
East Carolina junior forward Jayden Gardner
Florida junior forward Keyontae Johnson
Gonzaga senior forward Corey Kispert
Kentucky freshman guard/forward Brandon Boston Jr.
Maryland junior guard/forward Aaron Wiggins
Memphis sophomore forward D.J. Jeffries
Michigan sophomore guard/forward Franz Wagner
Michigan State junior forward Aaron Henry
Rutgers junior guard/forward Ron Harper Jr.
San Diego State senior forward Matt Mitchell
Stanford freshman forward Ziaire Williams
Tennessee senior guard/forward Yves Pons
Texas Tech sophomore guard/forward Terrence Shannon Jr.
UCLA senior guard Chris Smith
Villanova senior forward Jermaine Samuels
Virginia redshirt senior forward Sam Hauser
