The following are the Wooden Award College Basketball Preseason Player of the Year candidates: Andre Barrett 5-10 Sr G Seton Hall Kevin Bookout 6-8 So F Oklahoma Dee Brown 5-11 So G Illinois Josh Childress 6-8 Jr F Stanford Paul Davis 6-11 So C Michigan State Travis Diener 6-1 Jr G Marquette Ike Diogu 6-8 So F Arizona State Chris Duhon 6-1 Sr G Duke Andre Emmett 6-5 Sr F Texas Tech Raymond Felton 6-0 So G North Carolina Gerald Fitch 6-3 Sr G Kentucky Luis Flores 6-2 Sr G Manhattan Torin Francis 6-10 So F/C Notre Dame Matt Freije 6-9 Sr F Vanderbilt Channing Frye 6-10 Jr F Arizona Francisco Garcia 6-10 Jr F Louisville Ryan Gomes 6-8 Jr F Providence Ben Gordon 6-2 Jr G Connecticut David Harrison 7-0 Jr C Colorado Chris Hill 6-3 Jr G Michigan State Julius Hodge 6-6 Jr G North Carolina State Daniel Horton 6-3 So G Michigan Luke Jackson 6-7 Sr F Oregon Arthur Johnson 6-9 Sr C Missouri Keith Langford 6-4 Jr F Kansas David Lee 6-8 Jr F Florida Jason Maxiell 6-7 Sr F Cincinnati Rashad McCants 6-3 So F North Carolina Gerry McNamara 6-2 So G Syracuse Marcus Moore 6-3 Sr G Washington State Brandon Mouton 6-4 Sr G Texas Jameer Nelson 6-1 Sr G St. Joseph's Emeka Okafor 6-9 Jr F/C Connecticut Julius Page 6-3 Sr G Pittsburgh Rickey Paulding 6-5 Sr G Missouri J.J. Redick 6-4 So G Duke Darius Rice 6-10 Sr F Miami Lawrence Roberts 6-9 Jr F Baylor Romain Sato 6-5 Sr G Xavier Wayne Simien 6-8 Jr F Kansas Craig Smith 6-7 So F Boston College Blake Stepp 6-4 Sr G Gonzaga Salim Stoudamire 6-1 Jr G Arizona Amit Tamir 6-10 Jr F/C California Chris Thomas 6-1 Jr G Notre Dame James Thomas 6-8 Sr C Texas Cory Violette 6-8 Sr F/C Gonzaga Matt Walsh 6-6 So F Florida Hakim Warrick 6-9 Jr F Syracuse Bracey Wright 6-3 So G Indiana http://www.woodenaward.com/index.cfm
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Spartanfan2003:</div><div class="quote_post">My top two candidates on the list as of now - 1.Paul Davis 2.Chris Hill</div> And both are from Mich. State.........What a coincidence......
Of course they are. I was just joking around. I'll post my serious thoughts after I've had a night's sleep.
I don't really see how Warrick will get it. Syracuse will be good, but they aren't going to be a final four team. Look at TJ Ford last year, Texas was in the final four. I would say Gordon has a much better chance because UConn is going to be real good.
Uconn is overrated...They might have the same team as last year but that team was overrated too and they wouldnt be amazing like alot of people think they will be..My money would be Ike Diogu on Zona St..
Zona St? Do you watch college bball? Ike is good but Zona St isn't a great team. UConn is overrated? Yeah ok, they have probably 2 All American candidates (Okafor and Brown), a 2 year starter at PG in Taliek Brown, a top 5 player in the country and All American (Charlie Villanueva) and a good bench.
My money is on Okafur, he dominated the NCAA last year and only got better as the year went on. He's a bruiser, has a real soft touch so his offense should get better to go along with his killer 'D' and he plays such a clean game- Doesn't make many mistakes. Plus the NCAA will probably want to reward a guy like Okafur who would've been a lottery pick last year, but stayed in school anyhow.
but people that are not on the candidate list could win the award right? i don't remember t.j. ford being on the list last year besides most of those players are seniors some people around the program said he didnt deserve the award last year because one of the award merits is that the the winner will make a attempt the graduate....and t.j. ford didnt......
Yeah, TJ Ford was on the list last year. Carmelo Anthony was on the list, but he was taken off because of his grades.
