LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Scott Padgett of defending national champion Kentucky and Andre Miller of Utah, which lost to the Wildcats in the title game, lead 25 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award.
Padgett and Miller, both seniors, were among those selected Thursday based on last season's individual performances and team records.
Next March, the 10-player Wooden All-American team will be announced and one member will be selected for the Wooden Award as the nation's top college basketball player.
The rest of the preseason candidates are:
Elton Brand, sophomore, Duke; Lenny Brown, senior, Xavier;
Louis
Bullock, senior, Michigan; Brian Cardinal, junior, Purdue; Mateen
Cleaves, junior, Michigan State; Ed Cota, junior, North Carolina;
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Cummings, senior, Pittsburgh; Baron Davis, sophomore, UCLA;
Khalid El-Amin, sophomore, Connecticut;
Evan Eschmeyer, senior,
Northwestern; Richard Hamilton, junior, Connecticut; Tony Harris,
sophomore, Tennessee; Tim James, senior, Miami; Jumaine Jones,
sophomore, Georgia; Trajan Langdon, senior, Duke; Arthur Lee,
senior, Stanford; Todd MacCulloch, senior, Washington;
B.J. McKie,
senior, South Carolina; Lee Nailon, senior, Texas Christian; Ryan
Robertson, senior, Kansas; Jason Terry, senior, Arizona; Kenny
Thomas, senior, New Mexico; and
Tim Young, senior, Stanford.
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