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According to the folks who run the Wooden Award, Damion Lee is one of college basketball's 25 best players at the season's (almost) midway point.
Here's the full list:
|
Name |
School |
Conference |
Height |
Class |
Position |
|
Grayson Allen |
Duke |
ACC |
6-5 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Ryan Anderson |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
6-9 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Malcolm Brogdon# |
Virginia |
ACC |
6-5 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Kris Dunn |
Providence |
Big East |
6-4 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Perry Ellis |
Kansas |
Big 12 |
6-8 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Kay Felder |
Oakland |
Horizon |
5-9 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Daniel Hamilton |
Connecticut |
The American |
6-7 |
Soph. |
G/F |
|
Buddy Hield |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
6-4 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Brice Johnson |
North Carolina |
ACC |
6-10 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Damion Lee |
Louisville |
ACC |
6-6 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Caris LeVert |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
6-7 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Nic Moore |
SMU |
The American |
5-9 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Jamal Murray |
Kentucky |
SEC |
6-4 |
Fr. |
G |
|
Georges Niang |
Iowa State |
Big 12 |
6-8 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Marcus Paige |
North Carolina |
ACC |
6-2 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Gary Payton II |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
6-3 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Jakob Poeltl |
Utah |
Pac-12 |
7-0 |
Soph. |
F |
|
Domantas Sabonis |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
6-11 |
Soph. |
F |
|
Wayne Selden Jr. |
Kansas |
Big 12 |
6-5 |
Jr. |
G |
|
Ben Simmons |
LSU |
SEC |
6-10 |
Fr. |
F |
|
Melo Trimble |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
6-3 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Tyler Ulis |
Kentucky |
SEC |
5-9 |
Soph. |
G |
|
Jarrod Uthoff |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
6-9 |
Sr. |
F |
|
Denzel Valentine |
Michigan State |
Big Ten |
6-5 |
Sr. |
G |
|
Kyle Wiltjer# |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
6-10 |
Sr. |
F |
Lee, for what it's worth, was not on the award's preseason watch list of 50 players.
Congrats to Damion.