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McRoberts Among Wooden Midseason Top 30
1/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
John R. Wooden Award Announces Midseason Top 30
LOS ANGELES ? Duke's Josh McRoberts is among 30 candidates for the John R. Wooden All-America team and Player of the Year.
Following an exhilarating first half of the college basketball season which included buzzer beaters and an always shifting top ten, the John R. Wooden Award Committee today announced the Wooden Award Midseason All-American Team. Composed of the top 30 players who will compete for this season's player of the year award, the midseason list is based on individual player performance and team records during the first half of the season.
“Perhaps more than any other year, the Midseason Selection Committee had an incredibly difficult task narrowing the list to 30 players,” said Duke Llewellyn, Wooden Award chairman. “Ten players that were not on the preseason list made the midseason list; an incredible number that shows players across the nation stepped up and made a case for themselves. We look forward to watching this group of amazing athletes as we determine the top candidates for the Wooden Award All-American Team.”
Players who do not make the Midseason list are still eligible for the national ballot, which will be selected in March and will consist of approximately 20 players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Over 1,000 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts across the nation, will then cast their votes to determine both the 10-member All-American Team and player-of-the-year recipient.
On Tuesday, March 27, the 10-player Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced. The 2007 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award to the player of the year, the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award to recipient Gene Keady of Purdue University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 7, 2007. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
About the John R. Wooden Award
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor in college basketball. It is bestowed upon the nation's best player at an institution of higher education who has proven to his or her university that he or she is making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Previous winners include such notables as Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Andrew Bogut ('05) and last year's recipients, Seimone Augustus ('06) and J.J. Redick.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed close to $1 million to universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the All-American recipients as well as sent over 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps in the awards name. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament, which brings together Special Olympic athletes and the All-American selections, takes place at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on the Friday prior to the John R. Wooden Award Ceremony.
Wooden Award Midseason All-American Team
Top 30 Candidates Players listed alphabetically.
Aaron Afflalo, UCLA
Morris Almond, Rice
Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State
Corey Brewer, Florida
Aaron Brooks, Oregon
Glen Davis, LSU
Jared Dudley, Boston College
Kevin Durant, Texas
Nick Fazekas, Nevada
A.J. Graves, Butler
Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh
Taurean Green, Florida
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech
Dominic James, Marquette
Acie Law, Texas A&M
Chris Lofton, Tennessee
Josh McRoberts, Duke
Randolph Morris, Kentucky
Drew Neitzel, Michigan State
Demetris Nichols, Syracuse
Joakim Noah, Florida
Greg Oden, Ohio State
Brandon Rush, Kansas
Sean Singletary, Virginia
Curtis Sumpter, Villanova
Al Thornton, Florida State
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
Marcus Williams, Arizona
Brandan Wright, North Carolina
Players Mentioned
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