Ben Simmons, Kris Dunn, Buddy Hield Headline Wooden Award Midseason Top 25

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 40^th 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