Paige, Okafor head preseason lists
The USBWA announced early season watch lists for national player and freshman
of the year. Heading the lists are preseason picks Marcus Paige of North
Carolina for the Oscar Robertson Trophy for player of the year and Jahlil
Okafor of Duke for the Wayman Tisdale Award for freshman of the year.
The player and freshman of the year awards, along with the Henry Iba
Award for national coach of the year, will be announced in March and presented
to the winners at the Devon Energy College Basketball Awards gala at the
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on April 14.
Oscar Robertson Trophy: Ron Baker, Wichita State; Branden
Dawson, Michigan State; Sam Dekker, Wisconsin; Jerian Grant, Notre Dame;
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville; Aaron Harrison, Kentucky; Andrew Harrison,
Kentucky; Stanley Johnson, Arizona; Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin; Caris LeVert,
Michigan; Jordan Mickey, LSU; Larry Nance Jr., Wyoming; Georges Niang, Iowa
State; Jahlil Okafor, Duke; Marcus Paige, North Carolina; Kevin Pangos,
Gonzaga ; Terran Petteway, Nebraska; Bobby Portis, Arkansas ; Angel Rodriquez,
Miami ; Juwan Staten, West Virginia; Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky; Fred
VanVleet, Wichita State; Justise Winslow, Duke; Delon Wright, Utah.
Wayman Tisdale Award: Cliff Alexander, Kansas; James
Blackmon Jr., Indiana; Daniel Hamilton, UConn ; Justin Jackson, North Carolina;
Robert Johnson, Indiana; Stanley Johnson, Arizona; Tyus Jones, Duke; Kaleb
Joseph, Syracuse ; Kevon Looney, UCLA ; Trey Lyles, Kentucky; Chris McCullough,
Syracuse; Jahlil Okafor, Duke; Chinanu Onuaku, Louisville; Kelly Oubre Jr.,
Kansas; D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State; Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky; Reid
Travis, Stanford; Myles Turner, Texas; Tyler Ulis, Kentucky; Rashad Vaughn,
UNLV; Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall; Justise Winslow, Duke.
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