Creating a "mid-season" list of 30 candidates for the John R. Wooden Award was a difficult as heck.
Anyway . . . you've come to the right place to see the definitive list (he said, modestly).
Top 30 John R. Wooden Award nominations
Point guards: Aaron Brooks (6-0, Sr., Oregon), Dominic James (5-11, So., Marquette), Darren Collison (6-1, So., UCLA), Taurean Green (6-0, Jr., Florida), Acie Law (6-3, Sr., Texas A&M), Sean Singletary (6-0, Jr., Virginia).
Wings: Arron Afflalo (6-4, Jr., UCLA), Morris Almond (6-6, Sr., Rice), Corey Brewer (6-7, Jr., Florida), Russell Carter (6-4, Sr., Notre Dame), Kevin Durant (6-9, Fr., Texas), A.J. Graves (6-1, Jr., Butler), Jarrius Jackson (6-1, Sr., Texas Tech), Chris Lofton (6-2, Jr., Tennessee), Torrell Martin (6-5, Sr., Winthrop), Curtis Sumpter (6-7, Sr., Villanova), Al Thornton (6-7, Sr., Florida State), Alando Tucker (6-5, Sr., Wisconsin), Marcus Williams (6-7, So., Arizona),
Posts: Mario Boggan (6-7, Sr., Oklahoma State), Glen Davis (6-7, Jr., LSU), Nick Fazekas (6-11, Sr., Nevada), Aaron Gray (7-0, Sr., Pittsburgh), Tyler Hansbrough (6-8, So., North Carolina), Josh McRoberts (6-10, So., Duke), Joakim Noah (6-11, Jr., Florida), Greg Oden (7-0, Fr., Ohio State), D.J. White (6-9, So., Indiana), Brandan Wright (6-9, Fr., North Carolina), Julian Wright (6-8, So., Kansas).
Just missed: Blake Ahearn (Missouri State), Jared Dudley (Boston College), Caleb Green (Oral Roberts), Josh Heytvelt (Gonzaga), Al Horford (Florida), Jared Jordan (Marist), Courtney Lee (Western Kentucky), Randolph Morris (Kentucky), DeMarcus Nelson (Duke), Demetris Nichols (Syracuse), Mustafa Shakur (Arizona), Jason Smith (Colorado State), Rodney Stuckey (Eastern Washington) and Nick Young (USC).
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