Kennedy Meeks On Watch List For Top Center

Posted Oct 16, 2015
UNC’s Kennedy Meeks is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, which is presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame to college basketball’s top center. Meeks averaged 11.4 points and 7.3 rebounds and shot 56.2 percent from the floor as a sophomore. He has started 49 of 71 games over the previous two seasons. (GoHeels.com)

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