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Vol. 50, No. 1 • November 2012 • .pdf version

INSIDE THIS ISSUE ...
• John Akers: Saving courtside seats a summerlong endeavor
• Joe Mitch: Membership benefits are too much to pass up
• Kirk Wessler: Don't let media days go way of media guides
• Dana O'Neil: Seeing is believing
• Brendan F. Quinn: Rush to tweet vs. meaningful discourse
• Indiana, Zeller are No. 1 combo

Indiana, Zeller are No. 1 combo

The USBWA's preseason favorite is led by the player it expects to be the national player of the year. If the poll is an accurate indicator, Cody Zeller and his Indiana Hoosiers will be hauling a number of honors this season.

Shabazz Muhammad of UCLA was the USBWA's choice to win the Wayman Tisdale Award given to the nation's top freshman. Kentucky's Nerlens Noel earned the second-most votes.

The Hoosiers received 10 of a possible 13 first-place votes, with Louisville receiving the remaining three.Kentucky, Michigan and N.C. State rounded out the top five.

The rest of the top 10 included Kansas, Ohio State, Syracuse, Duke and UCLA.

Zeller was one of only two vote-getters for national player-of-the-year honors, along with Doug McDermott of Creighton, who was the only unanimous selection for the USBWA's preseason All-America team.

Besides Zeller and McDermott, the six-man All-America team (because of ties) included Isaiah Canaan of Murray State, C.J. Leslie of N.C. State, Peyton Siva of Louisville and Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State.

Receiving multiple player-of-the year votes were Muhammad, Aaron Craft of Ohio State, Trey Burke of Michigan and Mike Moser of UNLV. Other vote-getters included Noel; Lorenzo Brown, N.C. State; Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State; Pierre Jackson, Baylor; James Michael McAdoo, North Carolina; C.J. McCollum, Lehigh; Michael Snaer, Florida State; and Jeff Withey, Kansas.

Besides Muhammad and Noel, other freshmen to receive votes for the preseason Tisdale Award included Steven Adams of Pittsburgh, Isaiah Austin of Baylor and Alex Pothyress of Kentucky.

USBWA Board of Directors' Top 25
1. Indiana (10) 321
2. Louisville (3) 314
3. Kentucky 286
4. Michigan 268
5. N.C. State 245
6. Kansas 235
7. Ohio State 223
8. Syracuse 213
9. Duke 208
10. UCLA 182
11. North Carolina 169
t12. Arizona 161
t12. Creighton 161
14. Florida 160
15. Missouri 141
16. Memphis 130
17. Michigan State 119
18. UNLV 116
19. San Diego State 98
20. Gonzaga 75
21. Wisconsin 60
22. Notre Dame 57
23. Baylor 42
24. Cincinnati 28
25. Saint Louis 26

Others receiving votes: Murray State 25, Minnesota 19, Texas 17, VCU 17, Colorado State 8, Ohio 7, Davidson 6, Florida State 6, Marquette 6, Iowa State 5, Saint Joseph's 5, Tennessee 4, Pittsburgh 3, Miami 2, Stanford 2, Temple 2, Illinois State 1, West Virginia 1.

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