Release today from the US Basketball Writers Association:
INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 50 standout men's college basketball players for its 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. Members of the association's board of directors chose the players that will be considered as contenders for the National Player of the Year. All Division I players remain eligible for the award.
The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be announced at the NCAA Men's Final Four in San Antonio, from April 5-7. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. A final watch list will be released in early March and those chosen will be included on the USBWA's annual awards ballot.
Following is the complete watch list:
INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 50 standout men's college basketball players for its 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. Members of the association's board of directors chose the players that will be considered as contenders for the National Player of the Year. All Division I players remain eligible for the award.
The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be announced at the NCAA Men's Final Four in San Antonio, from April 5-7. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. A final watch list will be released in early March and those chosen will be included on the USBWA's annual awards ballot.
Following is the complete watch list:
- Jaden Akins, Michigan State
- Ace Bailey, Rutgers
- Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
- Nate Bittle, Oregon
- Johni Broome, Auburn
- Lamont Butler, Kentucky
- Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
- Donovan Dent, New Mexico
- Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
- Eric Dixon, Villanova
- Cooper Flagg, Duke
- Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
- Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
- PJ Haggerty, Memphis
- Dylan Harper, Rutgers
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville
- Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
- Chase Hunter, Clemson
- Graham Ike, Gonzaga
- Ian Jackson, North Carolina
- Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
- Curtis Jones, Iowa State
- Kam Jones, Marquette
- Alex Karaban, UConn
- Trey Kauffman-Renn, Purdue
- Kon Knueppel, Duke
- Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
- Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB
- Caleb Love, Arizona
- RJ Luis, St. John's
- Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
- Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple
- Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
- Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State
- Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
- Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
- Asa Newell, Georgia
- Norchad Omier, Baylor
- Otega Oweh, Kentucky
- Zhuric Phelps, Texas A&M
- Maxime Raynuad, Stanford
- Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
- Mark Sears, Alabama
- Emanuel Sharp, Houston
- Javon Small, West Virginia
- Braden Smith, Purdue
- John Tonje, Wisconsin
- Darrion Williams, Texas Tech
- Danny Wolf, Michigan
- Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee