Michigan basketball: Danny Wolf named finalist for Karl Malone Award as nation’s best PF

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Michigan basketball’s Danny Wolf is on a shortlist for some hardware.

On Thursday, Wolf, a 7-foot, 250-pound junior transfer from Yale in his first season with the Wolverines was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year.

The other finalists are Auburn’s Johni Broome, Villanova’s Eric Dixon, UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg, and Texas Tech’s JT Toppin (Texas Tech).

Michigan Wolverines center Danny Wolf (1) celebrates his three-point basket against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the first half at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

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Wolf is averaging just shy of a double-double, at 12.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. He’s scored in double figures in 21 of 30 games this season, including breaking 20 points six occasions (with the latest coming in Wednesday’s 71-65 loss to Maryland). Wolf, who in second in the Big Ten with a dozen double-doubles this season, also has 15 games with at least 10 rebounds.

But U-M’s point-forward particularly stands out for his assists: he’s second on the team with 110 (3.7 per game). Wolf was the focal point of the offense when it was humming along as one of the nation’s best through January.

He also has 42 blocks on the year, with a career-high six at USC in what is still perhaps the best game of his college career — 21 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, six blocks and two steals.

Michigan’s Danny Wolf (1) attempts to pass the ball as Michigan State’s Jaxon Kohler (0) plays defense against him during the second half of their matchup at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.

Fans can vote for the finalists beginning Friday, with the fan vote counting as a single committee vote during the final process.

Previous winners of the Karl Malone Award are San Diego State’s Jaedon LeDee (2024), Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis (2023), Iowa’s Keegan Murray (2022),…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2025-03-06 20:55:00

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