Anthony Chiusano | NCAA.com | October 18, 2016 Jerry West Award watch list released with nation's best SGs Grayson Allen averaged 21.6 points per game for the Blue Devils last season. Share As college basketball's tip-off continues to inch closer and closer, more preseason award watch lists are emerging that feature some of the best returning players as well as a flurry of breakout candidates. Hoophall Awards released its second of five watch lists for its positional awards on Tuesday. Twenty players appeared on the watch list for the 2017 Jerry West Award, handed to the nation's top shooting guard at the end of the season. MORE: Bob Cousy Award watch list for top point guard The following chart outlines all 20 preseason candidates entering 2017: 2017 Jerry West Award Watch List: Allonzo Trier Arizona Sophomore Dusty Hannahs Arkansas RS Senior Nick Emery BYU Sophomore Jacob Evans Cincinnati Sophomore Charles Cooke Dayton RS Senior Grayson Allen Duke Junior Jordan Matthews Gonzaga Senior Malcolm Hill Illinois Senior James Blackmon Jr. Indiana Junior Peter Jok Iowa Senior Devonte' Graham Kansas Junior Malik Monk Kentucky Freshman Antonio Blakeney LSU Sophomore Donovan Mitchell Louisville Sophomore Eron Harris Michigan State RS Senior Elijah Brown New Mexico RS Junior Tyler Dorsey Oregon Sophomore E.C. Matthews Rhode Island RS Junior Shake Milton SMU Sophomore Isaac Hamilton UCLA Senior The Jerry West Award first debuted two years ago. The first two athletes to take home the honor were Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (2016) and Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell (2015). These college basketball teams and conferences have the most NBA first-round draft picks Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke are the college basketball teams with the most first-round picks in NBA draft history. READ MORE Paolo Banchero: College basketball stats, best moments, quotes at Duke These are the essential stats, facts, highlights and quotes from Paolo Banchero's college basketball career at Duke. READ MORE The 12 freshmen expected to have biggest impact for potential men's NCAA tournament teams Two incoming Duke freshmen headline Andy Katz's rankings of the most important freshmen next season. READ MORE