My Wooden Award List

[Chris Monter]

As a member of the Wooden Advisory Board, I help pick the Wooden Award preseason top 50. The list doesn't include any freshman or transfers. Those players will be included on the Wooden Midseason Top 30. I had twelve members of the Big Ten on my list, the most of any conference. The following is a list of my Top 50 in conference order along with their points, rebounds and assists per game.


Name Height Class School PPG RPG APG Conference
Kyle Singler 6-8 SR Duke 17.7 7.0 2.4 ACC
Nolan Smith 6-2 SR Duke 17.4 2.8 3.0 ACC
Malcolm Delaney 6-3 SR Virginia Tech 20.2 3.7 4.5 ACC
Chris Singleton 6-9 SO Florida State 10.2 7.0 2.2 ACC
Jordan Williams 6-10 SO Maryland 9.6 8.6 0.2 ACC
Jon Leuer 6-10 SR Wisconsin 15.4 5.8 1.6 Big Ten
Kalin Lucas 6-1 SR Michigan State 14.8 1.9 4.0 Big Ten
Robbie Hummel 6-8 SR Purdue 15.7 6.9 2.1 Big Ten
JaJuan Johnson 6-10 SR Purdue 15.5 7.1 0.7 Big Ten
Demetri McCamey 6-3 SR Illinois 15.1 3.6 7.1 Big Ten
John Shurna 6-8 JR Northwestern 18.2 6.4 2.6 Big Ten
William Buford 6-5 JR Ohio State 14.4 5.6 3.1 Big Ten
Talor Battle 6-0 SR Penn State 18.5 5.3 4.2 Big Ten
E'Twaun Moore 6-4 SR Purdue 16.4 3.8 2.7 Big Ten
Maurice Creek 6-5 SO Indiana 16.4 3.8 1.8 Big Ten
Durell Summers 6-4 SR Michigan State 11.3 3.7 0.8 Big Ten
Jordan Taylor 6-1 JR Wisconsin 10.0 3.2 3.6 Big Ten
Randy Culpepper 6-0 SR UTEP 17.9 2.8 1.9 Conference USA
Austin Freeman 6-3 SR Georgetown 16.5 3.5 2.4 Big East
Kemba Walker 6-1 JR Connecticut 14.6 4.3 5.1 Big East
Ashton Gibbs 6-2 JR Pittsburgh 15.7 2.8 1.8 Big East
Kris Joseph 6-7 JR Syracuse 10.8 5.5 1.7 Big East
Corey Fisher 6-1 SR Villanova 13.3 3.9 2.8 Big East
Matt Howard 6-8 SR Butler 11.6 5.2 0.8 Horizon
Jimmer Fredette 6-2 SR BYU 22.1 3.1 4.7 Mountain West
Kawhi Leonard 6-7 SO San Diego State 12.7 9.9 1.9 Mountain West
Dairese Gary 6-1 SR New Mexico 13.1 2.8 3.9 Mountain West
Kenneth Faried 6-8 SR Morehead State 16.9 13.0 0.5 OVC
Klay Thompson 6-6 JR Washington State 19.6 5.1 2.3 Pac-10
Isaiah Thomas 5-8 JR Washington 16.9 3.9 3.2 Pac-10
Derrick Williams 6-8 SO Arizona 15.7 7.1 0.7 Pac-10
Ty Abbott 6-3 SR Arizona State 12.0 4.4 1.6 Pac-10
Nikola Vucevic 6-10 JR USC 10.7 9.4 1.2 Pac-10
Tyler Honeycutt 6-8 SO UCLA 7.2 6.5 2.7 Pac-10
C.J. McCollum 6-3 SO Lehigh 19.1 5.0 2.4 Patriot
Kenny Boynton 6-2 SO Florida 14.0 2.6 2.7 SEC
Trey Thompkins 6-9 JR Georgia 17.7 8.3 1.9 SEC
Alex Tyus 6-8 SR Florida 11.8 6.9 0.4 SEC
Vernon Macklin 6-10 SR Florida 10.6 5.5 0.8 SEC
Scotty Hopson 6-7 JR Tennessee 12.2 3.4 1.2 SEC
Marshawn Powell 6-7 SO Arkansas 14.9 6.7 1.4 SEC
Keith Benson 6-11 SR Oakland 17.3 10.5 0.8 Summit
Marcus Morris 6-8 JR Kansas 12.8 6.1 1.0 Big Twelve
LaceDarius Dunn 6-4 SR Baylor 19.6 4.8 1.9 Big Twelve
Jordan Hamilton 6-7 SO Texas 10.0 3.7 1.5 Big Twelve
Jacob Pullen 6-0 SR Kansas State 19.3 2.6 3.4 Big Twelve
Alec Burks 6-6 SO Colorado 17.1 5.0 1.8 Big Twelve
Cory Higgins 6-5 SR Colorado 18.9 3.9 2.4 Big Twelve
Elias Harris 6-8 SO Gonzaga 14.9 7.1 1.1 WCC
Steven Gray 6-5 SR Gonzaga 13.6 4.0 2.9 WCC

 

[Duthasmon Smith]

Interesting group. Would you say the large # of Big10 players is an affirmation of the talent level of the conference or more the fact few Big10 players declared early for the draft and the subsequent Mid Season report will be much different? So basically, is this high of a number an aberration or a trend in your opinion.

Thanks for the great info.

 

[Chris Monter]

I think that the majority of the top players from the conference are back. Seven of the ten All-Conference players return this season and that doesn't include Jon Leuer who missed the All-Conference team, due to injuries.

Some of the other conferences were hurt more by graduation and NBA defections. The SEC has just one players from their ten-man All-Conference team as they had five seniors and four players turn pro in Courtney Fortson, DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall and Patrick Patterson.

The following is a look at the number of players returning from their ten-man All-Conference teams:

ACC- 4
Big East- 3
Big Ten- 7
Big 12- 2
Pac-10- 4
SEC-1

Chris Monter

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Leuer!