The preseason honors are already coming for Rutgers’ dynamic freshman duo of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper. Neither has played a regular-season college game but both have already been added to one of the most prestigious preseason watch lists. Today, Bailey and Harper were named to the 2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Watch List presented by AXIA Time.
They were two of 50 players to be named to the list for the award which is given out annually to the nation’s top college basketball player. The award was first distributed in 1969 and no Rutgers player has ever been the recipient. The announcement of the winner will take place at the Final Four on April 6 in San Antonio, Tex.
This was not the first preseason recognition for Harper, who was also named to the Bob Cousy Award Top 20 Watch List as well as the preseason All-Big Ten team…