There's a new thing called the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award, which will be given annually to the top center in men's college basketball. The watch list of 15 candidates was released on Monday. No, Amida Brimah wasn't on the list. No, I'm not really suggesting he should have been -- this season -- though it's hard to ignore his shot-blocking prowess.

Anyway, gotta be a two-way race between Jahlil Okafor and Frank Kaminsky, right?

2015 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Candidates 

Bobby Portis, University of Arkansas

Alan Williams, University of California, Santa Barbara

Josh Scott, University of Colorado

Jahlil Okafor, Duke University

Joshua Smith, Georgetown University

Willie Cauley-Stein, University of Kentucky

Jarell Martin, Louisiana State University

Kennedy Meeks, University of North Carolina

Brad Waldow, Saint Mary’s College

Stefan Nastic, Stanford University 

Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse University

Jakob Poeltl, University of Utah

Damian Jones, Vanderbilt University 

Daniel Ochefu, Villanova University 

Frank Kaminsky, University of Wisconsin

Phil Nolan has been named to the East Coast All-Stars team, which will play for the 2013 Four Nations Cup held in Tallinn, Estonia July 25-27. The team will face the top FIBA National teams of Belarus, Estonia and the Slovak Republic.

Here's the roster:  (Roster providing additional information is attached and available at www.GuyRancourt.com)

Russ Smith Louisville
Eron Harris West Virginia
Mike Gbinije Syracuse
Jarrodd Uthoff Iowa
Jabrille Williams Binghamton
Phillip Nolan UConn
Kadeem Batts Providence
Tate Unruh Northern Colorado
Rakeem Christmas Syracuse
Tom Knight Notre Dame
Mike Rudy Lycoming
Justin Miller Lycoming

Head Coach: Guy Rancourt
Assistant Coach: Ken Hamanaka

And here's how you can follow the team's progress: Go to www.GuyRancourt.com , follow us on Twitter @East_Coast_BBC or on Facebook EastCoastAllStarsBasketballClub.