From UConn and the Atlanta Tipoff Club:
ATLANTA – UConn Huskies senior guard Ryan Boatright (Aurora, Ill.) has been named to the 50-player watch list for the James A. Naismith Trophy, presented annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the College Player of the Year.
Boatright is one of just two players from the American Athletic Conference who made the list, the other being Nic Moore of SMU. Boatright, an All-Final Four selection last season as he helped the Huskies capture the NCAA Championship, has also been named to the watch lists of the John R. Wooden Award and the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award.
Boatright currently leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring at 20.8 points per game is also averaging 6.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. He was the AAC Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 16-23 and has made the league’s weekly Honor Roll the other two weeks of the season. He was named the conference’s Preseason Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s coaches.
The Naismith Trophy list will be shortened to a Midseason 30 on Feb. 2, cut to 10 semifinalists on March 6, down to four finalists on March 22, and the winner will be named on April 5.
| Name | Class | Pos | School | Conference |
| Cliff Alexander | Fr. | F | Kansas | Big 12 |
| Brandon Ashley | Jr. | F | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| Ron Baker | RS Jr. | G | Wichita State | Missouri Valley |
| Ryan Boatright | Sr. | G | Connecticut | American Athletic |
| Malcolm Brogdon | RS Jr. | G | Virginia | ACC |
| Willie Cauley-Stein | Jr. | F | Kentucky | SEC |
| Branden Dawson | Sr. | G-F | Michigan State | Big Ten |
| Sam Dekker | Jr. | F | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
| Perry Ellis | Jr. | F | Kansas | Big 12 |
| Yogi Ferrell | Jr. | G | Indiana | Big Ten |
| Marcus Foster | Soph. | G | Kansas State | Big 12 |
| Michael Frazier II | Jr. | G | Florida | SEC |
| Treveon Graham | Sr. | G-F | VCU | Atlantic 10 |
| Jerian Grant | Sr. | G | Notre Dame | ACC |
| Olivier Hanlan | Jr. | G | Boston College | ACC |
| Montrezl Harrell | Jr. | F | Louisville | ACC |
| Aaron Harrison | Soph. | G | Kentucky | SEC |
| Tyler Haws | Sr. | G | BYU | West Coast |
| Buddy Hield | Jr. | G | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Soph. | F | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| R.J. Hunter | Jr. | G | Georgia State | Sun Belt |
| Stanley Johnson | Fr. | G | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| Tyus Jones | Fr. | G | Duke | ACC |
| Frank Kaminsky | Sr. | F | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
| Caris LeVert | Jr. | G | Michigan | Big Ten |
| Jordan Mickey | Soph. | F | LSU | SEC |
| Nic Moore | RS Jr. | G | SMU | American Athletic |
| Georges Niang | Jr. | F | Iowa State | Big 12 |
| Jahlil Okafor | Fr. | C | Duke | ACC |
| Marcus Paige | Jr. | G | North Carolina | ACC |
| Kevin Pangos | Sr. | G | Gonzaga | West Coast |
| Terran Petteway | Jr. | F | Nebraska | Big Ten |
| Chasson Randle | Sr. | G | Stanford | Pac-12 |
| Terry Rozier | Soph. | G | Louisville | ACC |
| D’Angelo Russell | Fr. | G | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| Wesley Saunders | Sr. | G-F | Harvard | Ivy League |
| Wayne Selden Jr. | Soph. | G | Kansas | Big 12 |
| Winston Shepard | Jr. | F | San Diego State | Mountain West |
| D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera | Jr. | G | Georgetown | Big East |
| Juwan Staten | Sr. | G | West Virginia | Big 12 |
| Keifer Sykes | Sr. | G | Green Bay | Horizon League |
| Isaiah Taylor | Soph. | G | Texas | Big 12 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Fr. | F | Kentucky | SEC |
| Myles Turner | Fr. | F | Texas | Big 12 |
| Fred VanVleet | Jr. | G | Wichita State | Missouri Valley |
| Rashad Vaughn | Fr. | G | UNLV | Mountain West |
| Alan Williams | Sr. | C | UC Santa Barbara | Big West |
| Justise Winslow | Fr. | F | Duke | ACC |
| Delon Wright | Sr. | G | Utah | Pac-12 |
| Joseph Young | RS Sr. | G | Oregon | Pac-12 |
photo credit: ©2014 Ian Bethune
