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Thursday / March 28.
  • Duke, Kentucky Players Highlight Wayman Tisdale Finalists

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    NCAA Basketball: Vanderbilt at KentuckyTen finalists were named for the 2015 Wayman Tisdale Award, presented annually by the United States Writers Basketball Association to the top freshman in college basketball.

    Among the 10 are three players from Duke — Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow — and two from Kentucky — Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Towns.

    The late Wayman Tisdale was a three-time USBWA All-American at the University of Oklahoma. Following a stint on the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, he played 12 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 1997 to focus on a blossoming jazz music career. In March 2007, he was diagnosed with cancer and following a courageous and difficult battle that included the amputation of his right leg in 2008, he passed away in May 2009.

    Wayman Tisdale Award Finalists

    James Blackmon Jr., Indiana

    Devin Booker, Kentucky

    Stanley Johnson, Arizona

    Tyus Jones, Duke

    Jahlil Okafor, Duke

    Kelly Oubre Jr., Kansas

    D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State

    Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

    Melo Trimble, Maryland

    Justise Winslow, Duke

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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