UConn Huskies men’s basketball players A.J. Price and Hasheem Thabeet were among to the 50 people named to the Wooden Award watch list for the 2008-09 season.
Including Price and Thabeet, the Big East Conference placed 12 members on the list:
Luke Harangody from Notre Dame, DeJuan Blair and Sam Young from Pittsburgh, Earl Clark and Terrence Williams from Louisville, Marquette’s tandem of Dominic James and Jerel McNeal, Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn, Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds and Georgetown’s DaJuan Summers.
The list will be paired down to a top-30 list in January and then the national ballot will come out in March. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the Elite Eight round in the NCAA tournament. The Wooden Award ceremony will be held in April of 2009 in Los Angeles.
A full look at the team after the jump.
| 2008-2009 John R. Wooden Award | ||||
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Preseason Top 50 List |
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| Player First | Height | Position | Class | University |
| A.J. Abrams | 5-11 | G | Sr. | Texas |
| Wink Adams | 6-0 | G | Sr. | UNLV |
| DeJuan Blair | 6-7 | F | So. | Pittsburgh |
| Jon Brockman | 6-7 | F | Sr. | Washington |
| Derrick Brown | 6-8 | F | Jr. | Xavier |
| Chase Budinger | 6-7 | F | Jr. | Arizona |
| Nick Calathes | 6-6 | G/F | So. | Florida |
| Dionte Christmas | 6-5 | G | Sr. | Temple |
| Earl Clark | 6-9 | G/F | Jr. | Louisville |
| Sherron Collins | 5-11 | G | Jr. | Kansas |
| Darren Collison | 6-0 | G | Sr. | UCLA |
| Lee Cummard | 6-7 | G | Sr. | BYU |
| Stephen Curry* | 6-3 | G | Jr. | Davidson |
| Devan Downey | 5-9 | G | Jr. | South Carolina |
| Robert Dozier | 6-9 | F | Sr. | Memphis |
| Wayne Ellington | 6-4 | G | Jr. | North Carolina |
| Jonny Flynn | 6-0 | G | So. | Syracuse |
| Taj Gibson | 6-9 | F | Jr. | USC |
| Blake Griffin | 6-10 | F | So. | Oklahoma |
| Tyler Hansbrough ! *^ | 6-9 | F | Sr. | North Carolina |
| Luke Harangody * | 6-8 | F | Jr. | Notre Dame |
| James Harden | 6-4 | G | So. | Arizona State |
| Gerald Henderspn | 6-4 | G/F | Jr. | Duke |
| Lester Hudson | 6-2 | G | Sr. | Tennessee Martin |
| Robbie Hummel | 6-8 | F | So. | Purdue |
| Stefon Jackson | 6-5 | G | Sr. | UTEP |
| Dominic James | 5-11 | G | Sr. | Marquette |
| Damion James | 6-7 | G/F | Jr. | Texas |
| Curtis Jerrells | 6-1 | G | Sr. | Baylor |
| James Johnson | 6-8 | F | So. | Wake Forest |
| Marcus Landry | 6-7 | F | Sr. | Wisconsin |
| Ty Lawson | 5-11 | G | Jr. | North Carolina |
| Eric Maynor | 6-2 | G | Sr. | VCU |
| Jack McClinton | 6-1 | G | Sr. | University of Miami |
| Jerel McNeal | 6-3 | G | Sr. | Marquette |
| Patrick Mills | 6-0 | G | So. | Saint Mary’s |
| Raymar Morgan | 6-7 | F | Jr. | Michigan State |
| A.J. Ogilvy | 6-11 | C | So. | Vanderbilt |
| Jeremy Pargo | 6-2 | G | Sr. | Gonzaga |
| Patrick Patterson | 6-8 | F | So. | Kentucky |
| A.J. Price | 6-2 | G | Sr. | Connecticut |
| Scottie Reynolds | 6-2 | G | Jr. | Villanova |
| Tyrese Rice | 6-1 | G | Sr. | Boston College |
| Kyle Singler | 6-8 | F | So. | Duke |
| Tyler Smith | 6-7 | F | Jr. | Tennessee |
| DaJuan Summers | 6-8 | F | Jr. | Georgetown |
| Hasheem Thabeet | 7-3 | C | Jr. | Connecticut |
| Robert Vaden | 6-5 | G/F | Sr. | UAB |
| Terrence Willaims | 6-6 | F | Sr. | Louisville |
| Sam Young | 6-6 | F | Jr. | Pittsburgh |
| ! 2008 John R. Wooden Award Winner | ||||
| * 2007-08 Wooden Award All-American | ||||
| ^2006-07 Wooden Award All-American | ||||
