On Tuesday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 20 candidates for the 2016 Julius Erving Award, the annual honor given out to the best small forward in college basketball.
Arizona freshman Stanley Johnson received the inaugural award last year. This season, four freshmen -- Cal's Jaylen Brown, Duke's Brandon Ingram, LSU's Ben Simmons and Texas A&M's D.J. Hogg -- made the watch list.
Here's the full list of candidates:
Jaylen Brown, Cal
Daniel Hamilton, UConn
Rodney Purvis, UConn
Brandon Ingram, Duke
John Brown, High Point
Troy Williams, Indiana
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas
Wayne Selden, Kansas
Alex Poythress, Kentucky
Damion Lee, Louisville
Ben Simmons, LSU
Jake Layman, Maryland
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Justin Jackson, North Carolina
DeAndre Bembry, Saint Joseph's
Malik Pope, San Diego State
Michael Gbinije, Syracuse
D.J. Hogg, Texas A&M
Brandon Taylor, Utah
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
Five finalists will be named in March. A winner will be selected on April 8.
