The 50-player watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2012-2013 college basketball season. The Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year will be awarded on April 7 in Atlanta.

Players’ statistics are through Feb. 7.

2012-13 NAISMITH EARLY SEASON WATCH LIST

	PLAYER	CLASS	POS.	SCHOOL	PPG	3-PT%	FT%	APG	RPG
	Kyle Anderson	FR	F	UCLA	9.3	17.4	71.8	3.6	9.0
	Chane Behanan	SO	F	Louisville	10.4	10.0	54.7	1.0	7.2
	Kenny Boynton	SR	G	Florida	13.2	34.8	83.3	3.3	3.3
	Lorenzo Brown	JR	G	NC State	12.7	34.2	77.0	6.9	4.3
	Trey Burke	SO	G	Michigan	18.1	37.9	77.8	7.2	3.1
	Isaiah Cannan	SR	G	Murray State	21.2	38.8	78.9	4.1	3.7
	Michael Carter-Williams	SO	G	Syracuse	12.2	28.0	72.2	8.5	4.8
	Rotnei Clarke	SR	G	Butler	17.1	44.0	85.2	2.9	2.7
	Jack Cooley	SR	F	Notre Dame	14.8	50.0	68.0	0.9	11.3
	D.J. Cooper	SR	G	Ohio	14.1	34.4	70.9	7.9	3.4
	Aaron Craft	JR	G	Ohio State	9.3	31.0	81.7	4.5	3.8
	Matthew Dellavedova	SR	G	Saint Mary’s	15.8	38.2	89.0	6.6	3.0
	Gorgui Dieng	JR	C	Louisville	8.9	–	67.9	2.1	9.8
	Michael Dixon Jr.	JR	G	Missouri	Suspended from team; left school.
	Jamaal Franklin	JR	G	San Diego State	17.6	26.0	78.2	3.5	9.4
	Tim Frazier	SR	G	Penn State	Injured four games into season.
	Archie Goodwin	FR	G	Kentucky	14.7	26.2	66.7	3.2	4.9
	Elias Harris	SR	F	Gonzaga	14.7	17.2	78.0	1.7	7.0
	Pierre Jackson	SR	G	Baylor	19.3	36.2	79.2	6.0	3.6
	Sean Kilpatrick	JR	G/F	Cincinnati	18.3	33.7	71.6	1.9	5.3
	C.J. Leslie	JR	F	NC State	15.7	25.0	64.7	1.3	7.4
	Mark Lyons	SR	G	Arizona	15.4	34.2	87.8	3.0	1.9
	Trevor Mbakwe	SR	F	Minnesota	9.5	–	61.1	1.2	8.7
	James Michael McAdoo	SO	F	North Carolina	15.3	0.0	58.7	1.3	8.4
	C.J. McCollum	SR	G	Lehigh	23.9	51.6	84.9	2.9	5.0
	Doug McDermott	JR	F	Creighton	23.3	50.5	86.7	1.8	7.3
	Rodney McGruder	SR	G	Kansas State	14.6	34.4	72.4	1.8	5.4
	Ben McLemore	FR	G	Kansas	16.3	42.6	86.5	1.9	5.5
	Tony Mitchell	SO	F	North Texas	13.8	29.1	67.2	0.7	8.4
	Mike Moser	JR	F	UNLV	7.4	24.2	76.5	1.6	6.4
	Shabazz Muhammad	FR	G/F	UCLA	18.6	42.9	72.6	0.9	5.0
	Nerlens Noel	FR	F	Kentucky	10.6	–	51.7	1.7	9.5
	Kevin Pangos	SO	G	Gonzaga	11.5	44.6	79.6	3.5	2.3
	Mason Plumlee	SR	F	Duke	18.2	–	65.1	1.9	10.7
	Otto Porter Jr.	SO	F	Georgetown	14.8	46.2	70.7	2.4	7.6
	Alex Poythress	FR	F	Kentucky	12.5	45.5	71.8	0.4	6.6
	Phil Pressey	JR	G	Missouri	12.2	29.6	78.6	7.0	3.0
	Andre Roberson	JR	F	Colorado	10.7	39.5	53.2	1.6	11.7
	Peyton Siva	SR	G	Louisville	10.6	34.2	86.9	6.1	2.2
	Marcus Smart	FR	G	Oklahoma State	14.2	27.7	77.1	4.7	5.9
	Michael Snaer	SR	G	Florida State	13.9	39.8	80.2	2.5	4.6
	Jarnell Stokes	SO	F	Tennessee	12.0	–	56.8	1.2	8.5
	Adonis Thomas	SO	F	Memphis	10.6	25.5	71.9	1.8	4.0
	Deshaun Thomas	JR	F	Ohio State	19.9	40.0	82.3	1.6	6.1
	Christian Watford	SR	F	Indiana	12.9	46.8	82.1	0.9	6.7
	Jeff Withey	SR	C	Kansas	13.0	–	67.6	0.9	8.3
	Nate Wolters	SR	G	South Dakota State	22.2	40.7	81.3	5.5	5.8
	BJ Young	SO	G	Arkansas	16.5	23.0	68.9	4.1	4.0
	Patric Young	JR	C	Florida	11.0	–	50.0	0.9	6.6
	Cody Zeller	SO	F	Indiana	16.2	0.0	74.8	1.3	8.3

Related:
• Early season Naismith watch list highlighted by McDermott, Zeller