Vernon Carey, Tre Jones Named to Wooden Award List

Two Blue Devils made the 25-man midseason watch list for the John Wooden Award, given to college basketball’s top player.

Sophomore point guard Tre Jones and freshman Vernon Carey Jr. were both named to the list. Kansas (Devon Dotson and Udoka Azubuike) and Kentucky (Tyrese Maxey and Ashton Hagans) are the only other schools with two players on the list. The only other ACC player to make the list was Louisville’s Jordan Nwora.

Carey is third in the ACC in scoring at 18.1 ppg and second in field goal percentage (.612). He’s also third in the league in rebounding at 8.8 and fourth in blocks (2.0).

Jones is the ACC assist leader at 7.2 and is fifth in assist/turnover ratio (2.21). He’s also second in steals (2.2).

Duke has had six players win the Wooden Award, including the reigning winner, Zion Williamson.

Christian Laettner was the first Blue Devil to win, in 1992, followed by Elton Brand in 1999, Shane Battier in 2001, Jason Williams in 2002 and JJ Redick in 2006. No other school has had more than four winners.

The complete watch list is below.

Precious Achiuwa, Memphis
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Saddiq Bey, Villanova
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
Anthony Cowan Jr., Maryland
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Anthony Edwards, Georgia
Malachi Flynn, San Diego State
Luka Garza, Iowa
Ashton Hagans, Kentucky
Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State
Markus Howard, Marquette
Tre Jones, Duke
Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Zavier Simpson, Michigan
Lamar Stevens, Penn State
Isaiah Stewart, Washington
Tres Tinkle, Oregon State
Obi Toppin, Dayton
Kaleb Wesson, Ohio State
Cassius Winston, Michigan State

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