Jared Sullinger was a unanimous preseason All-America pick, headlining a group that also includes Harrison Barnes, Terrence Jones, Jeremy Lamb and Jordan Taylor.

Taylor was the only senior named to the first team.

"I just hope he doesn't think he has to score 40 a game this year," coach Bo Ryan said. "I think we're going to be in trouble if he does. He doesn't. He wants to be even more consistent. He wants to be more inclusive with his teammates, maybe in transition. There are different things we're looking at in trying to get done with a different-sized team maybe on the floor."

Andre Drummond broke his nose and suffered a mild concussion during practice on Friday.

Drummond will wear a mask for six to eight weeks.

“This sucks. Mild concussion and I broke my nose. #worstdayever,” Drummond wrote on Twitter.

Andre Drummond, Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers headline this year's group of players on the Tisdale Watch List, which is an award given to the top freshman player.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague, teammates of Davis on Kentucky, are also on the list.

Rounding out the list are Bradley Beal, Florida; Chane Behanan, Louisville; Khem Birch, Pittsburgh; Andre Drummond, Connecticut; Le'Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State; Adonis Thomas, Memphis; Josiah Turner, Arizona; and Cody Zeller, Indiana.

Ryan Boatright upset teammate Andre Drummond to win Connecticut's dunk contest on Friday.

Boatright is barely 6-foot-0, while Drummond is nearly 7-foot-0.

"I've been doing that dunk since high school," said Boatright, the freshman guard from Aurora, Ill.

Boatright got his assists from sophomore Shabazz Napier, who for the first dunk sat in a chair and flipped the ball up. Then Napier started, twirled the ball off the side of the backboard and Boatright, soaring through the air, scooped it up and slammed it.

When a third dunk-off was required, Boatright slammed it and hung on the rim several seconds. The six judges, including UConn President Susan Herbst, ESPN's Doris Burke, former players Hasheem Thabeet, Ray Allen and Kemba Walker, gave him a score of nine.

Jim Calhoun has been raving about his athletic ability for a while, and compares him to Husky Dream Season guard John Gwynn, a small, energetic player who can come off the bench and provide that "microwave" effect.

Andre Drummond has impressed his new Connecticut teammates, as well as alumni.

"He's very athletic," Alex Oriaki said. "The way he can move, the sky's the limit for that kid."

"He's a monster," said Kemba Walker. "He doesn't even know what he has yet."

Drummond has been staying late after the pickup games, working on new shooting mechanics at the free-throw line.

Walker was one of the first to congratulate Drummond when news broke of his decision to attend Connecticut.

"I was very surprised," Walker said, "I didn't realize [he was considering it], but I think he made the right decision. I wouldn't want to see anyone pass up on the chance to go to college, especially a school like UConn."

Andre Drummond will not receive a penalty for his appearing promoting a new adidas shoe, Connecticut announced on Monday.

"UConn has officially concluded that no violation has occurred and that freshman Andre Drummond will suffer no eligibility consequence relative to the report last week about an online video," UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said in a statement.

Drummond, a Middletown native and former St. Thomas More standout, appeared in the video at a camp last summer in Houston along with Kris Dunn who is a Providence recruit.

The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 list today on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.

Nineteen of the 50 players named were from two conferences, the Big East (10) and Big Ten (9). The SEC had seven players chosen, followed by the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12 each with four; and the Atlantic 10, Big West and Conference USA with two each. Conferences with one players named include the Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and WCC.

For the first time, a school had four players listed as North Carolina had Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller selected.