Graduate student Graham Ike was named to the Naismith Trophy preseason watch list, an award that’s given to the best college basketball player in the country. Drew Timme (2022-23), Corey Kispert (2020-21),
and Rui Hachimura (2018-19) were all finalists for the award.
In his two seasons with Gonzaga from 2023-25, Ike averaged 16.9 points on a 60.4 field goal percentage/38.5 three-point percentage/79.5 free throw percentage, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He was named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team in back-to-back seasons.
Here are the 29 other nominees:
Darius Acuff Jr. – Arkansas
Nate Ament – Tennessee
Robbie Avila – St. Louis
Solo Ball – UConn
Nate Bittle – Oregon
John Blackwell – Wisconsin
Cameron Boozer – Duke
Mikel Brown Jr. – Louisville
Markus Burton – Notre Dame
Alex Condon – Florida
Ryan Conwell – Louisville
Donovan Dent – UCLA
Tucker DeVries – Indiana
Josh Dix – Iowa
AJ Dybantsa – BYU
Zuby Ejiofor – St. John’s
Isaiah Evans – Duke
Boogie Fland – Florida
Ja’Kobi Gillespie – Tennessee
PJ Haggarty – Kansas State
Thomas Haugh – Florida
Bryce Hopkins – St. John’s
Josh Hubbard – Mississippi State
Tomislav Ivisic – Illinois
Ian Jackson – St. John’s
Alex Karaban – UConn
Trey Kaufman-Renn – Purdue
Xaivian Lee – Florida
Yaxel Lendeborg – Michigan
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