The Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 was announced on Wednesday.
The list is highlighted by LSU freshman Ben Simmons, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Providence junior guard Kris Dunn and Oklahoma senior guard Buddy Hield, Michigan State senior guard Denzel Valentine, another serious contender for Player of the Year honors, is also on the list. Simmons and Kentucky guard Jamal Murray were the only freshmen named to the list.
Five players not on the Preseason Top 50 were named to the Midseason Top 25: Ryan Anderson of Arizona, Kay Felder of Oakland, Damion Lee of Louisville, Wayne Selden, Jr. of Kansas, and Jarrod Uthoff of Iowa. The list includes colleges who have two players chosen: Gonzaga (Domantas Sabonis and Kyle Wiltjer), Kansas (Perry Ellis and Selden, Jr.), Kentucky (Murray and Tyler Ulis), and North Carolina (Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige).
The ACC leads the way with five selections, followed by the Big 12 and Big Ten with four; the Pac-12 and SEC with three; The American and the WCC with two; and the Big East and Horizon with one selection each.
The 40th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award will be the anchor presentation of the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy’s. The men’s and women’s Wooden All-American Teams will be honored during the ceremony, as well as the 2016 Legends of Coaching Award, which will be presented to Tubby Smith, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Texas Tech. The event will take place the weekend of April 7-9, 2016.
|
Name |
School |
Conference |
Height |
Class |
Position |
|
Grayson Allen |
Duke |
ACC |
6-5 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Ryan Anderson |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
6-9 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Malcolm Brogdon# |
Virginia |
ACC |
6-5 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Kris Dunn |
Providence |
Big East |
6-4 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Perry Ellis |
Kansas |
Big 12 |
6-8 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Kay Felder |
Oakland |
Horizon |
5-9 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Daniel Hamilton |
Connecticut |
The American |
6-7 |
Soph. |
G/F |
|
Buddy Hield |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
6-4 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Brice Johnson |
North Carolina |
ACC |
6-10 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Damion Lee |
Louisville |
ACC |
6-6 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Caris LeVert |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
6-7 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Nic Moore |
SMU |
The American |
5-9 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Jamal Murray |
Kentucky |
SEC |
6-4 |
Fr. |
G |
|
Georges Niang |
Iowa State |
Big 12 |
6-8 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Marcus Paige |
North Carolina |
ACC |
6-2 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Gary Payton II |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
6-3 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Jakob Poeltl |
Utah |
Pac-12 |
7-0 |
Soph. |
F |
|
Domantas Sabonis |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
6-11 |
Soph. |
F |
|
Wayne Selden Jr. |
Kansas |
Big 12 |
6-5 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Ben Simmons |
LSU |
SEC |
6-10 |
Fr. |
F |
|
Melo Trimble |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
6-3 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Tyler Ulis |
Kentucky |
SEC |
5-9 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Jarrod Uthoff |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
6-9 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Denzel Valentine |
Michigan State |
Big Ten |
6-5 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Kyle Wiltjer# |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
6-10 |
Sr. |
F |
