On Tuesday, the John Wooden Award watch list was revealed.
As expected, it is filled with true freshman.
Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins and guard Wayne Selden, Jr., Duke’s Jabari Parker, Arizona’s Aaron Gordon, Indiana’s Noah Vonleh and Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison and Julius Randle are all freshman who made the initial list.
Here is complete list courtesy of the Wooden Award’s official website:
"Jordan Adams/UCLA/Pac-12/6-5/So./GKyle Anderson/UCLA/Pac-12/6-9/So./G/FKeith Appling/Michigan State/Big Ten/6-1/Sr./GIsaiah Austin/Baylor/Big 12/7-1/So./CJahii Carson/Arizona State/Pac-12/5-10/So./GWillie Cauley-Stein/Kentucky/SEC/7-0/So./FSemaj Christon/Xavier/Big East/6-3/So./GAaron Craft/Ohio State/Big Ten/6-2/Sr./GSam Dekker/Wisconsin/Big Ten/6-7/So./FSpencer Dinwiddie/Colorado/Pac-12/6-6/Jr./GCleanthony Early/Wichita State/Missouri Valley/6-8/Sr./FJoel Embiid/Kansas/Big 12/7-0/Fr./CC.J. Fair/Syracuse/ACC/6-8/Sr./FAaron Gordon/Arizona/Pac-12/6-9/Fr./FJerian Grant/Notre Dame/Big Sky/6-5/Sr./GMontrezl Harrell/Louisville/The American/6-8/So./FGary Harris/Michigan State/Big Ten/6-4/So./GJoe Harris/Virginia/ACC/6-6/Sr./GAndrew Harrison/Kentucky/SEC/6-6/Fr./GTyler Haws/BYU/WCC/6-5/Jr./GAndre Hollins/Minnesota/Big Ten/6-2/Jr./GRodney Hood/Duke/ACC/6-8/So./FJoe Jackson/Memphis/The American/6-1/Sr./GCory Jefferson/Baylor/Big /12/6-9/Sr./FSean Kilpatrick/Cincinnati/The American/6-4/Sr./GAlex Kirk/New Mexico/Mountain West/7-0/Jr./CJames Michael McAdoo/North Carolina/ACC/6-9/Jr./FDoug McDermott/Creighton/Big East/6-8/Sr./FMitch McGary/Michigan/Big/Ten/6-10/So./FJordan McRae/Tennessee/SEC/6-6/Sr./GShabazz Napier/Connecticut/The American/6-1/Sr./GKevin Pangos/Gonzaga/WCC/6-2/Jr./GJabari Parker/Duke/ACC/6-8/Fr./FAdreian Payne/Michigan State/Big Ten/6-10/Sr./CElfrid Payton/Louisiana/Sun Belt/6-3/Jr./GDwight Powell/Stanford/Pac-12/6-10/Sr./FJulius Randle/Kentucky/SEC/6-9/Fr./FJuvonte Reddic/VCU/Atlantic/10/6-9/Sr./FGlenn Robinson III/Michigan/Big Ten/6-6/So./FLaQuinton Ross/Ohio State/Big Ten/6-8/Jr./FWayne Selden, Jr./Kansas/Big 12/6-5/Fr./GMarcus Smart/Oklahoma State/Big 12/6-4/So./GRuss Smith/Louisville/The American/6-0/Sr./GJarnell Stokes/Tennessee/SEC/6-8/Jr./FRasheed Sulaimon/Duke/ACC/6-4/So./GNoah Vonleh/Indiana/Big Ten/6-10/Fr./FDez Wells/Maryland/ACC/6-5/Jr./G/FAndrew Wiggins/Kansas/Big 12/6-8/Fr./GKendall Williams/New Mexico/Mountain West/6-4/Sr./GJames Young/Kentucky/SEC/6-6/Fr./G"