ATLANTA – Gonzaga's
Corey Kispert,
Jalen Suggs and
Drew Timme were named to the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Midseason Team the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Thursday. The list was narrowed to 30 players still vying for the Men's Player of the Year honor.
Gonzaga is the only program in the country with three selections on the midseason team. Baylor, Illinois and Villanova all have two names on the list.
Kispert currently leads the West Coast Conference in scoring at 19.53 points per game, shooting 56.5 percent from the field, which is second in the league. He tops the WCC in three-point field goal percentage (48.3 percent) and is making a conference-best three threes a game.
Suggs paces the WCC in steals per game averaging 2.18 per game. He is scoring 14.41 points per game, and is fifth in the league dishing out 4.35 assists per outing. The West St. Paul, Minn., native, has been named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week eight times this season.
Timme is shooting a conference-high 62.5 percent from the field, including 64.2 percent inside-the-arc. He is second in the WCC averaging 18.89 points per game. The sophomore's 7.11 rebounds per game ranks fifth in the conference, including third pulling down 2.42 offensive boards per contest.
The 10 semifinalists will be announced on March 4, and the finalists will be revealed on March 16. The 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy will be awarded during the Final Four at the Naismith Awards Brunch on April 4.
| FULL NAME |
CLASS |
POS |
SCHOOL |
CONFERENCE |
| Jose Alvarado |
Sr. |
G |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
| Charles Bassey |
Jr. |
C |
Western Kentucky |
C-USA |
| Jared Butler |
Jr. |
G |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
| Marcus Carr |
Jr. |
G |
Minnesota |
Big Ten |
| Justin Champagnie |
So. |
F |
Pitt |
ACC |
| Kofi Cockburn |
So. |
C |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
| Derek Culver |
Jr. |
F |
West Virginia |
Big 12 |
| Cade Cunningham |
Fr. |
G |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
| Oscar da Silva |
Sr. |
F |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
| Hunter Dickinson |
Fr. |
C |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
| Ayo Dosunmu |
Jr. |
G |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
| Luka Garza |
Sr. |
C |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
| Collin Gillespie |
Sr. |
G |
Villanova |
BIG EAST |
| Quentin Grimes |
Jr. |
G |
Houston |
AAC |
| Trayce Jackson-Davis |
So. |
F |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
| Herbert Jones |
Sr. |
F/G |
Alabama |
SEC |
| Carlik Jones |
Sr. |
G |
Louisville |
ACC |
| Corey Kispert |
Sr. |
F |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
| Cameron Krutwig |
Sr. |
C |
Loyola-Chicago |
MVC |
| E.J. Liddell |
So. |
F |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
| Sandro Mamukelashvili |
Sr. |
F |
Seton Hall |
BIG EAST |
| Mac McClung |
Jr. |
G |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
| Davion Mitchell |
Jr. |
G |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
| Evan Mobley |
Fr. |
F |
USC |
Pac-12 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl |
So. |
F |
Villanova |
BIG EAST |
| Jalen Suggs |
Fr. |
G |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
| Cameron Thomas |
Fr. |
G |
LSU |
SEC |
| Drew Timme |
So. |
F |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
| Trevion Williams |
Jr. |
F |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
| Marcus Zegarowski |
Jr. |
G |
Creighton |
BIG EAST |
