While Michigan State Spartans did not have any players named to the Preseason All Big-Ten team, the Green and White did nab some other preseason individual honors earlier today.
Miles Bridges Named to Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List https://t.co/PuuzWaaFYH
— Spartan Sports Page (@SpartanSports) October 20, 2016
Being named to the watch list for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year award puts Miles Bridges in elite company. Bridges joins Nigel Hayes (Wisconsin) and well as Caleb Swanigan (Purdue) to represent the Big Ten in this preseason honor.
Miles Bridges will be a freshman at MSU this season. During his senior year of high school, he had an impressive stat line of 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. The Karl Malone award was first presented in 2015. Previous winners are Montrezl Harrell (2015, Louisville) and Georges Niang (2016, Iowa State).
Here is a full list of this season’s watch list honorees from NCAA.com:
| NAME | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | Arizona |
| Johnathan Motley | Baylor |
| Ivan Rabb | California |
| Amile Jefferson | Duke |
| Jonathan Isaac | Florida State |
| Yante Maten | Georgia |
| Carlton Bragg Jr. | Kansas |
| Dedric Lawson | Memphis |
| Miles Bridges | Michigan State |
| Isaiah Hicks | North Carolina |
| Bonzie Colson | Notre Dame |
| Michael Young | Pittsburgh |
| Caleb Swanigan | Purdue |
| Tyler Lydon | Syracuse |
| TJ Leaf | UCLA |
| Bennie Boatwright | Southern California |
| Alec Peters | Valparaiso |
| Kris Jenkins | Villanova |
| Austin Nichols | Virginia |
| Nigel Hayes | Wisconsin |
