Indiana University Athletics
Wooden Award Watch List Includes Langford, Morgan
11/6/2018 3:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award.
Morgan and Langford also are on the Naismith Award Watch List and Langofrd is on the NABC Player of the Year Watch list.
Morgan, a 6-8 forward from Waynesville, Mo., is in his fourth year with the Hoosiers and earned All-Big Ten and All-District honors as a junior. He improved his overall scoring by 8.8 points and his Big Ten output by 10.6 points and started 30 games. He averaged 16.5 points overall and 7.4 rebounds. He needs 170 points to become the 52nd player in IU history to reach the 1,000-point mark in their career. He also is on the Karl Malone Watch List given to the top power forward each college basketball season and earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors.
Langford, a 6-6 guard from New Albany, is the 27th former Indiana Mr. Basketball and 21sts former McDonald's All-American to wear the Cream and Crimson. He ranked fourth all-time in Indiana High School basketball history scoring 3,002 points and averaged 28.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in his four seasons as a prep. A two-time prep All-American, Langford was ranked the No. 5 player in the Class of 2018 by ESPN and 247 Sports. Langford was named third-team Preseason All-American by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com and earned fourth-team honors from WatchStadium.com. A preseason All-Big Ten pick, he also is on the Jerry West Award Watch list awarded to the top shooting guard in the country.
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2018-19 Preseason Top 50
Name
School
Conference
Height
Class
Position
Kamar Baldwin
Butler
Big East
6-1
Jr.
G
RJ Barrett
Duke
ACC
6-7
Fr.
F
Tyus Battle
Syracuse
ACC
6-6
Jr.
G
Bennie Boatwright
USC
Pac-12
6-10
Sr.
C
Phil Booth
Villanova
Big East
6-3
Sr.
G
Ky Bowman
Boston College
ACC
6-1
Jr.
G
Clayton Custer
Loyola Chicago
Missouri Valley
6-1
Sr.
G
Mike Daum
South Dakota State
Summit League
6-9
Sr.
F
Carsen Edwards
Purdue
Big Ten
6-1
Jr.
G
Jon Elmore
Marshall
Conference USA
6-3
Sr.
G
Daniel Gafford
Arkansas
SEC
6-11
So.
F
Darius Garland
Vanderbilt
SEC
6-2
Fr.
G
Kellan Grady
Davidson
Atlantic 10
6-5
So.
G
Quentin Grimes
Kansas
Big 12
6-5
Fr.
G
Kyle Guy
Virginia
ACC
6-2
Jr.
G
Rui Hachimura
Gonzaga
WCC
6-8
Jr.
F
Ethan Happ
Wisconsin
Big Ten
6-10
Sr.
F
Markus Howard
Marquette
Big East
5-11
Jr.
G
Jalen Hudson
Florida
SEC
6-6
Sr.
G
De'Andre Hunter
Virginia
ACC
6-7
So.
G
Keldon Johnson
Kentucky
SEC
6-6
Fr.
G
Sagaba Konate
West Virginia
Big 12
6-8
Jr.
F
Indiana
Big Ten
6-6
Fr.
G
Dedric Lawson
Kansas
Big 12
6-9
Jr.
F
Nassir Little
North Carolina
ACC
6-6
Fr.
F
Caleb Martin
Nevada
Mountain West
6-7
Sr.
F
Cody Martin
Nevada
Mountain West
6-7
Sr.
F
Charles Matthews
Michigan
Big Ten
6-6
Sr.
G
Luke Maye
North Carolina
ACC
6-8
Sr.
F
Indiana
Big Ten
6-8
Sr.
F
Jordan Murphy
Minnesota
Big Ten
6-7
Sr.
F
Zach Norvell Jr.
Gonzaga
WCC
6-5
So.
G
James Palmer Jr.
Nebraska
Big Ten
6-6
Sr.
G
Eric Paschall
Villanova
Big East
6-8
Sr.
F
Shamorie Ponds
St. John's
Big East
6-1
Jr.
G
Payton Pritchard
Oregon
Pac-12
6-2
Jr.
G
Cam Reddish
Duke
ACC
6-8
Fr.
F
Justin Robinson
Virginia Tech
ACC
6-2
Sr.
G
Chris Silva
South Carolina
SEC
6-9
Sr.
F
Killian Tillie
Gonzaga
WCC
6-10
Jr.
F
Reid Travis
Kentucky
SEC
6-8
Sr.
F
Dean Wade
Kansas State
Big 12
6-10
Sr.
F
Nick Ward
Michigan State
Big Ten
6-9
Jr.
F
PJ Washington
Kentucky
SEC
6-8
So.
F
Tremont Waters
LSU
SEC
5-11
So.
G
Lindell Wigginton
Iowa State
Big 12
6-2
So.
G
Kris Wilkes
UCLA
Pac-12
6-8
So.
G
Grant Williams
Tennessee
SEC
6-7
Jr.
F
Zion Williamson
Duke
ACC
6-7
Fr.
F
Cassius Winston
Michigan State
Big Ten
6-1
Jr.
G
