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He may be a throwback to a former era of basketball, but having a guy like Isaac Haas and is 7’2” near 300 pound frame near the basket is a nice asset. Yeah, he is not a threat to shoot the three and he might even be a defensive liability at times, but if we need two points and can get him the ball, he is going to go and get it. As a result, he has been named as a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation’s best center. He joins Carsen Edwards and Vince Edwards as Boilers up for their respective positional awards.
Like those other awards, a final 5 will be announced some time in March before the awards themselves are announced around the Final Four.
Here are your 10 finalists:
Jaren Jackson Jr. - Michigan State
Isaac Haas - Purdue
Jock Landale - St. Mary’s
Angel Delgado - Seton Hall
Vladimir Brodziansky - TCU
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Tyler Davis - Texas A&M
Thomas Welsh - UCLA
Brandon McCoy - UNLV
Ethan Happ - Wisconsin