INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Affiliation has chosen 50 standout males’s school basketball gamers for its 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch Checklist. Members of the affiliation’s board of administrators selected the gamers that can be thought-about as contenders for the Nationwide Participant of the 12 months. All Division I gamers stay eligible for the award.
The Oscar Robertson Trophy winner is to be introduced on the NCAA Males’s Remaining 4 in San Antonio, from April 5-7. The formal presentation of the trophy will observe on the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Membership in St. Louis. A remaining watch checklist can be launched in early March and people chosen can be included on the USBWA’s annual awards poll.
Following is the entire watch checklist:
- Jaden Akins, Michigan State
- Ace Bailey, Rutgers
- Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
- Nate Bittle, Oregon
- Johni Broome, Auburn
- Lamont Butler, Kentucky
- Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
- Donovan Dent, New Mexico
- Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
- Eric Dixon, Villanova
- Cooper Flagg, Duke
- Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
- PJ Haggerty, Memphis
- Dylan Harper, Rutgers
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville
- Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
- Chase Hunter, Clemson
- Graham Ike, Gonzaga
- Ian Jackson, North Carolina
- Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
- Curtis Jones, Iowa State
- Kam Jones, Marquette
- Alex Karaban, UConn
- Trey Kauffman-Renn, Purdue
- Kon Knueppel, Duke
- Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
- Yaxel Lendeborg, UAB
- Caleb Love, Arizona
- RJ Luis, St. John’s
- Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
- Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple
- Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
- Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State
- Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
- Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
- Asa Newell, Georgia
- Norchad Omier, Baylor
- Otega Oweh, Kentucky
- Zhuric Phelps, Texas A&M
- Maxime Raynuad, Stanford
- Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
- Mark Sears, Alabama
- Emanuel Sharp, Houston
- Javon Small, West Virginia
- Braden Smith, Purdue
- John Tonje, Wisconsin
- Darrion Williams, Texas Tech
- Danny Wolf, Michigan
- Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
For the reason that 1958-59 season, the USBWA has named a Nationwide Participant of the 12 months. In 1998, the award was named in honor of the College of Cincinnati Corridor of Famer and two-time USBWA Participant of the 12 months Oscar Robertson. It’s the nation’s oldest award and the one one named after a former participant.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Affiliation was fashioned in 1956 on the urging of then-NCAA Govt Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is likely one of the most influential organizations in school basketball. It has chosen an All-America staff because the 1956-57 season. For extra data on the USBWA and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, contact government director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.
