The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 20 players for its 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List.
Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, to be presented to the national player of the year by its namesake in New Orleans at the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast on March 30.
Three North Carolina teammates and a pair of Kentucky freshman headline the list. The Tar Heel trio of Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Tyler Zeller join Wildcat first-year phenoms Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The list also includes Indiana’s Cody Zeller, Tyler’s younger brother.
Here’s the list:
| 2012 OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY MIDSEASON WATCH LIST | ||||||
| Pos. | No. | Player, School | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Hometown |
| F | 40 | Harrison Barnes, North Carolina | 6-8 | 215 | So. | Ames, Iowa |
| G | 3 | Isaiah Canaan, Murray State | 6-0 | 193 | Jr. | Biloxi, Miss. |
| F | 23 | Anthony Davis, Kentucky | 6-10 | 220 | Fr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| G | 12 | Marcus Denmon, Missouri | 6-3 | 185 | Sr. | Kansas City, Mo. |
| F | 23 | Draymond Green, Michigan State | 6-7 | 230 | Sr. | Saginaw, Mich. |
| F | 31 | John Henson, North Carolina | 6-11 | 220 | Jr. | Tampa, Fla. |
| G | 23 | John Jenkins, Vanderbilt | 6-4 | 220 | Jr. | Hendersonville, Tenn. |
| F | 5 | Kevin Jones, West Virginia | 6-8 | 260 | Sr. | Mount Vernon, N.Y. |
| F | 14 | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky | 6-7 | 232 | Fr. | Somerdale, N.J. |
| G/F | 3 | Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut | 6-5 | 180 | So. | Norcross, Ga. |
| F | 1 | Perry Jones III, Baylor | 6-11 | 235 | So. | Duncanville, Texas |
| G | 1 | Damian Lillard, Weber State | 6-3 | 195 | Jr. | Oakland, Calif. |
| F | 3 | Doug McDermott, Creighton | 6-7 | 220 | So. | Ames, Iowa |
| F | 43 | Mike Moser, UNLV | 6-8 | 210 | So. | Portland, Ore. |
| F | 23 | Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State | 6-11 | 249 | Jr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| F | 0 | Thomas Robinson, Kansas | 6-10 | 230 | Jr. | Washington, D.C. |
| F | 23 | Mike Scott, Virginia | 6-8 | 237 | Sr. | Chesapeake, Va. |
| F | 0 | Jared Sullinger, Ohio State | 6-9 | 280 | So. | Columbus, Ohio |
| F | 40 | Cody Zeller, Indiana | 6-11 | 230 | Fr. | Washington, Ind. |
| C | 44 | Tyler Zeller, North Carolina | 7-0 | 250 | Sr. | Washington, Ind. |
| By conference: ACC (4); SEC (4); Big Ten (3); Big 12 (3); Big East (2); Big Sky (1); Missouri Valley (1); Mountain West (1); Ohio Valley (1). | ||||||
| By class: Seniors (5); Juniors (6); Sophomores (6); Freshmen (3) | ||||||
