JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® 2013-14 WOMEN’S ALL AMERICANS RELEASED TODAY
Returning All Americans Ogwumike and Sims Head the List
Los Angeles (April 2, 2014)— The John R. Wooden Award Women’s All American Team was announced today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club. Voting by college basketball media members from throughout the nation took place from March 12 through 25, allowing voters to take into account play through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The All American Team is made up of the five student-athletes who received the highest point total over that period. All players have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA, an important component of the Award insisted upon by Coach Wooden.
Read moreJohn R. Wooden Award All American Team Announced
Los Angeles (March 31, 2014) — The 10-player John R. Wooden Award All American Team was released today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club and announced on the ESPNU show “Katz Korner.” The 10 players were selected by a voting base of nearly 1,000 college basketball experts throughout the nation and by fans through the Fan Voting site woodenawardvote.com. The Top 5 vote-getters have been invited to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy’s on April 11 and were highlighted on the show. In alphabetical order, the invited players are Wichita State’s Cleanthony Early, Arizona’s Nick Johnson, Creighton’s Doug McDermott, Duke’s Jabari Parker, and Louisville’s Russ Smith.
Read moreWooden Award presented by Wendy’s Announces Men’s Ballot
Los Angeles (March 8, 2014)— The John R. Wooden Award Ballot was announced today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club on ESPN College GameDay. Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the ballot is made up of 15 student-athletes who are the eligible for college basketball’s most prestigious honor. All balloted players have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Read moreJOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® 2013-14 WOMEN’S BALLOT ANNOUNCED TODAY
Three players from No. 1 UConn and two returning All Americans head the list
The Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation’s top five players, will be announced the week of the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament after voting by hundreds of media members from March 12 through 25. The Wooden Award is unique in that voters may take into account play through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The John R. Wooden Award Player of the Year will be announced as part of the 38th annual Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy’s weekend April 10-12, 2014 at The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The event will honor the Men’s and Women’s Wooden Award winners, and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Stanford Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer.
Read moreMidseason Top 25+ Advanced Stats
We reiterate our reluctance to rely too heavily on statistics in determining the top candidates for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s. We feel that they overemphasize offensive categories, don’t accurately capture leadership traits, and are skewed by many factors, including strength of opponent, game flow, and coaching philosophy.
Read moreWooden Award Presented by Wendy’s Midseason Top 25 Stats
The usual disclaimer on stats applies–they don’t tell the whole story, and tend to overemphasize offensive contributions. They are, however, informative.
Read moreJOHN R. WOODEN AWARD® PRESENTED BY WENDY’S® ANNOUNCES 2013-14 MIDSEASON TOP 25
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.
Read moreWooden Award Women’s Midseason Top 20 Release
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.
Read moreWho’s Missing?
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:
Read moreNew Year, New Stats
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?
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