The Knecht One of Ten Naismith Player of the Year Semifinalists

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -The Dalton Knecht of the School of Tennessee men's b-ball bunch is a semifinalist for the Jersey Mike's Naismith Prize Player of the Year, as proclaimed Friday night.

Knecht is one of y 10 people who got it done. He is likewise among the 15 players on the John R. Wooden Honor Public Polling form, as declared Saturday.

A fifth-watch from Thornton, Colo., Knecht is the solitary player from the SEC picked as a semifinalist for the Naismith Prize.

Knecht procured The Wearing News First Group All-America status in consistent style, as declared Tuesday. He likewise won SEC Player of the Year awards from both the association's lead trainers and the Related Press, the last collectively.

Entering the postseason, Knecht is averaging 21.4 focuses, 4.8 bounce back and 1.8 helps per game, while shooting 47.4 percent from the field, remembering 40.5 percent for 3-pointers. The Julius Erving Grant finalist claims 11 25-point exhibitions, incorporating seven with 30-in addition to, five with 35 or more and three with something like 39.

The 6-foot-6, 213-pounder turned into the main player to win SEC Player of the Week multiple times since Arkansas' Artisan Jones in 2019-20. He additionally two times acquired USBWA Public Player of the Week acclamations.

With junior gatekeeper Zakai Zeigler named Wednesday as one of 10 Naismith Protective Player of the Year semifinalists, Tennessee is presently among only three schools with a player in the two records, incorporating the only one with an alternate person on each. Purdue's Zach Edey and Houston's Jamal Shead gotten it done for the two gatherings.

The four finalists for the Naismith Prize Player of the Year will be delivered on Walk 15 and the champ will be declared April 7 in Phoenix during the Last Four weekend.

Knecht and top-cultivated, fifth-positioned Tennessee (all day, every day, 14-4 SEC) begin SEC Competition play Friday at 1 p.m. ET with a quarterfinal challenge against 10th cultivated Mississippi State at Bridgestone Field in Nashville, Tenn., live on ESPN.

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NAISMITH Prize PLAYER OF THE YEAR SEMIFINALISTS

RJ Davis, North Carolina

Zach Edey, Purdue

Kyle Filipowski, Duke

DaRon Holmes II, Dayton

Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

Tyler Kolek, Marquette

Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State

Caleb Love, Arizona

Tristen Newton, Connecticut

Jamal Shead, Houston