Three Bruins named to Naismith Trophy preseason watch list

As with the preseason watch list for the Wooden Award, the Pac-10 Conference dominated the preseason list for the Naismith Trophy, awarded by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club.

UCLA’s Darren Collison, Luc Richard Mbah A Moute and Josh Shipp are on the list, along with nine other Pac-10 players: Chase Budinger (Arizona), Ryan Anderson and DeVon Hardin (Cal), Lawrence Hill and Brook Lopez (Stanford), Taj Gibson (USC), Jon Brockman (Washington) and Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver (Washington State). The Atlantic Coast Conference had the second-most selections with seven.

UCLA and North Carolina (Wayne Ellington, Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson) each had three selections on the list, the most of any school.

The list of players will be narrowed to 30 in January, and the final ballot will be distributed in March.