UCLA's Reeves Nelson, Joshua Smith on Wooden Award list
UCLA teammates Reeves Nelson and Joshua Smith and UC Santa Barbara's Orlando Johnson are among the 50 players on the John R. Wooden Award's preseason list, selected by by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Monday.
North Carolina leads the way with four players on the list, followed by Ohio State and Vanderbilt with three each. California, Connecticut, Memphis and Syracuse join the Bruins as teams with two players on the list.
The Wooden Award will be presented the weekend of April 6-8.
The 50 players selected for the Wooden Award preseason list:
Harrison Barnes, North Carolina
Will Barton, Memphis
Dee Bost, Mississippi State
William Buford, Ohio State
Allen Crabbe, California
Aaron Craft, Ohio State
Marcus Denmon, Missouri
Festus Ezeli, Vanderbilt
Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh
Michael Glover, Iona
Drew Gordon, New Mexico
Draymond Green, Michigan State
JaMychal Green, Alabama
Jorge Gutierrez, California
Tim Hardaway, Jr., Michigan
Elias Harris, Gonzaga
John Henson, North Carolina
Tu Holloway, Xavier
Robbie Hummel, Purdue
Joe Jackson, Memphis
Scoop Jardine, Syracuse
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara
Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette
Kevin Jones, West Virginia
Terrence Jones, Kentucky
Perry Jones III, Baylor
Kris Joseph, Syracuse
Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut
Kendall Marshall, North Carolina
Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota
Ray McCallum, Detroit
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Khris Middleton, Texas A&M
Reeves Nelson, UCLA
Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure
Alex Oriakhi, Connecticut
Thomas Robinson, Kansas
John Shurna, Northwestern
Peyton Siva, Louisville
Joshua Smith, UCLA
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt
Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin
Casper Ware, Long Beach State
Maalik Wayns, Villanova
Keith Wright, Harvard
Patric Young, Florida
Tyler Zeller, North Carolina
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Photo: Joshua Smith. Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
