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The 2019 John Wooden Award recognizes the top player in collegiate basketball. Past winners include Frank Mason (2017, Kansas), Doug McDermott (2014, Creighton), Jimmer Fredette (2011, BYU). The winner of this prestigious award will be announced on April 12 during the ESPN College Basketball Award Show.
Here are the 2018-2019 nominees:
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech
Cassius Winston, Michigan State
Grant Williams, Tennessee
Admiral Schofield, Tennessee
RJ Barrett, Duke
Zion Williamson, Duke
Jordan Caroline, Nevada
Caleb Martin, Nevada
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Markus Howard, Marquette
Ignas Brazdeikis, Michigan
Mike Daum, South Dakota State
Carsen Edwards, Purdue
Jarrett Culver, Texas tech
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Ja Morant, Murray State
Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s
De’Andre Hunter, Virginia
Gonzaga fans knew Rui Hachimura (20.4 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 606 FG%) was going to be on this list but Brandon Clarke (16.4 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.0 BPG) was nowhere to be seen. He can still be nominated to be a top 15 finalist in early March but that seems highly unlikely if he wasn’t on this list. Clarke would have to have to put on quite the show in the month of February in order to be considered.
Keldon Johnson (Kentucky), Romeo Langford (Indiana), Luke Maye (North Carolina), Jordan Murphy (Minnesota), James Palmer Jr. (Nebraska), and Myles Powell (Seton Hall) were taken off from the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list announced in early January. Kyle Guy (Virginia) was the only player added to the new top 20 list that wasn’t on the previous top 25 list.
*Arden Cravalho is a senior at Gonzaga University... Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho
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