The usual disclaimer on stats applies–they don’t tell the whole story, and tend to overemphasize offensive contributions. They are, however, informative.

Los Angeles (January 22, 2014) — The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Midseason Top 25 today on ESPN SportsCenter and ESPN.com. Chosen by the Wooden Award Advisory Board, the list is comprised of 25 student-athletes who are the front-runners for the sport’s most prestigious individual honor based on their play so far this season. ESPNU will follow up at 6pm EST with a half-hour show focusing on the candidates.

Los Angeles (January 17, 2014)— The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its John R. Wooden Award Women’s Midseason Top 20 today, comprised of 20 student-athletes who, based on individual performance and team records, are the front-runners for college basketball’s most prestigious individual honor. The list is chosen by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board. This year’s midseason list contains 21 players, not the traditional 20, because Duke’s Chelsea Gray was voted to the list by the media based on her play so far this year, despite suffering a season-ending knee injury last week. The men’s list will be announced January 22nd on ESPN.

We asked one of our voters to tell us which players, who didn’t make the Preseason Top 50, should be considered for the Midseason Top 25. He gave us 38 names. We asked him to cut it to 10. Here are his 18 players who deserve consideration who were not on our preseason list:

The John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s Top 50 players head into the new year and conference play. How do your candidate’s stats rank?

How does your #WoodenAward candidate rank in tempo-free scoring?

The Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s Preseason Top 50 stats as of December 12th:

Here are the current statistics of the Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s Preseason Top 50 candidates:

Several Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s candidates are playing in the EA Sports Maui Invitational and our staff is on hand to bring back in-person impressions of these terrific players.

Los Angeles (November 12, 2013) — The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 today on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the sport’s most prestigious honor.