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Bacot, Love Named To Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 List
January 4, 2023 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Midseason Top 25 Watch List on Wednesday evening, a list that included Tar Heels Armando Bacot and Caleb Love.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises of 25 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor.
Three schools have two players on the list: Carolina, Baylor (Adam Flagler and Keyonte George) and Kansas (Dick and Jalen Wilson).
The Big 12 leads all conferences with six selections on the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, followed by the ACC with five, the Big Ten with four, the American, Pac-12 and SEC with two selections each, and the Big East, Conference USA, Horizon and WCC with one selection apiece.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year. Players not chosen to the preseason or midseason list are still eligible for the Wooden Award National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Nearly 1,000 voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2023 John R. Wooden Award will be presented following the NCAA Tournament in April.
Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason List
Armando Bacot, North Carolina
Marcus Carr, Texas
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Kendric Davis, Memphis
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Hunter Dickinson#, Michigan
Zach Edey, Purdue
Kyle Filipowski, Duke
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Keyonte George, Baylor
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Caleb Love, North Carolina
Mike Miles Jr., TCU
Brandon Miller, Alabama
Kris Murray, Iowa
Adama Sanogo, Connecticut
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Terquavion Smith, NC State
Drew Timme#*, Gonzaga
Oscar Tshiebwe**, Kentucky
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Jordan Walker, UAB
Jalen Wilson, Kansas
Isaiah Wong, Miami
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises of 25 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor.
Three schools have two players on the list: Carolina, Baylor (Adam Flagler and Keyonte George) and Kansas (Dick and Jalen Wilson).
The Big 12 leads all conferences with six selections on the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, followed by the ACC with five, the Big Ten with four, the American, Pac-12 and SEC with two selections each, and the Big East, Conference USA, Horizon and WCC with one selection apiece.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year. Players not chosen to the preseason or midseason list are still eligible for the Wooden Award National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Nearly 1,000 voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2023 John R. Wooden Award will be presented following the NCAA Tournament in April.
Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason List
Armando Bacot, North Carolina
Marcus Carr, Texas
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Kendric Davis, Memphis
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Hunter Dickinson#, Michigan
Zach Edey, Purdue
Kyle Filipowski, Duke
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Keyonte George, Baylor
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Caleb Love, North Carolina
Mike Miles Jr., TCU
Brandon Miller, Alabama
Kris Murray, Iowa
Adama Sanogo, Connecticut
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Terquavion Smith, NC State
Drew Timme#*, Gonzaga
Oscar Tshiebwe**, Kentucky
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Jordan Walker, UAB
Jalen Wilson, Kansas
Isaiah Wong, Miami
# indicates player selected as 2020-21 Wooden Award All American
* indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award All American
** indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award Winner
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