The Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Committee has announced the top 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and the UConn Huskies are represented by two players, senior Jeff Adrien and junior Hasheem Thabeet. Senior A.J. Price, who was on the original list, is not among the 30.
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor in college basketball. It is bestowed upon the nation’s best player at an institution of higher education who has proven to his or her university that he or she is making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Approximately 20 players will be selected for the ballot in March.
Here is the complete list of the 30 players.
| First | Last | Ht. | P | Cl. | University |
| A.J. | Abrams | 5-11 | G | Sr. | Texas |
| Jeff | Adrien | 6-7 | F | Sr. | Connecticut |
| DeJuan | Blair | 6-7 | F | So. | Pittsburgh |
| Jon | Brockman | 6-7 | F | Sr. | Washington |
| Nick | Calathes | 6-6 | G/F | So. | Florida |
| Sherron | Collins | 5-11 | G | Jr. | Kansas |
| Darren | Collison | 6-0 | G | Sr. | UCLA |
| Stephen | Curry | 6-3 | G | Jr. | Davidson |
| 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 |
| Manny | Harris | 6-5 | G | So. | Michigan |
| Gerald | Henderson | 6-4 | G/F | Jr. | Duke |
| Jordan | Hill | 6-10 | F | Jr. | Arizona |
| Matt | Howard | 6-7 | F | So. | Butler |
| Ty | Lawson | 5-11 | G | Jr. | North Carolina |
| Kalin | Lucas | 6-0 | F | So. | Michigan State |
| Wesley | Matthews | 6-5 | G | Sr. | Marquette |
| Jerel | McNeal | 6-3 | G | Sr. | Marquette |
| Jodie | Meeks | 6-4 | G | Jr. | Kentucky |
| Greg | Monroe | 6-11 | C | Fr. | Georgetown |
| Kyle | Singler | 6-8 | F | So. | Duke |
| Tyler | Smith | 6-7 | F | Jr. | Tennessee |
| Jeff | Teague | 6-2 | G | So. | Wake Forest |
| Hasheem | Thabeet | 7-3 | C | Jr. | Connecticut |
| Terrence | Williams | 6-6 | F | Sr. | Louisville |
| Sam | Young | 6-6 | F | Jr. | Pittsburgh |
