Villanova senior Josh Hart and seven college freshmen highlighted the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list announced this week.
The 6-foot-6 Hart is averaging 19.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the reigning NCAA champions.
On the 2017 Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list, four players not on the Preseason Top 50 were named to Midseason Top 25: Luke Kennard of Duke, TJ Leaf of UCLA, Kelan Martin of Butler, and Johnathan Motley of Baylor. Five schools have two players that were chosen: Kansas (Josh Jackson and Frank Mason III), Kentucky (De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk), North Carolina (Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson), UCLA (Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf), and Wisconsin (Ethan Happ and Nigel Hayes). After only two freshmen were named to the 2016 list, seven freshmen were named to the 2017 Midseason Top 25: Lonzo Ball of UCLA, De’Aaron Fox of Kentucky, Markelle Fultz of Washington, Josh Jackson of Kansas, TJ Leaf of UCLA, Lauri Markkanen of Arizona, and Malik Monk of Kentucky.
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| Name | School | Conference | Height | Class | Position |
| Dwayne Bacon | Florida State | ACC | 6-7 | Soph. | G |
| Lonzo Ball | UCLA | Pac-12 | 6-6 | Fr. | G |
| Joel Berry II | North Carolina | ACC | 6-0 | Jr. | G |
| Jaron Blossomgame | Clemson | ACC | 6-7 | Sr. | F |
| Dillon Brooks | Oregon | Pac-12 | 6-7 | Jr. | F |
| De’Aaron Fox | Kentucky | SEC | 6-3 | Fr. | G |
| Markelle Fultz | Washington | Pac-12 | 6-4 | Fr. | G |
| Ethan Happ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-10 | Soph. | F |
| Josh Hart | Villanova | Big East | 6-5 | Sr. | G |
| Nigel Hayes | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-8 | Sr. | F |
| Josh Jackson | Kansas | Big 12 | 6-8 | Fr. | G |
| Justin Jackson | North Carolina | ACC | 6-8 | Jr. | F/G |
| Luke Kennard | Duke | ACC | 6-6 | Soph. | G |
| TJ Leaf | UCLA | Pac-12 | 6-10 | Fr. | F |
| Lauri Markkanen | Arizona | Pac-12 | 7-0 | Fr. | F |
| Kelan Martin | Butler | Big East | 6-7 | Jr. | F |
| Frank Mason III | Kansas | Big 12 | 5-11 | Sr. | G |
| Malik Monk | Kentucky | SEC | 6-3 | Fr. | G |
| Monte Morris | Iowa State | Big 12 | 6-3 | Sr. | G |
| Johnathan Motley | Baylor | Big 12 | 6-10 | Jr. | F |
| Alec Peters | Valparaiso | Horizon League | 6-9 | Sr. | F |
| Caleb Swanigan | Purdue | Big Ten | 6-9 | Soph. | F |
| Melo Trimble | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-3 | Jr. | G |
| Maurice Watson Jr. | Creighton | Big East | 5-10 | Sr. | G |
| Nigel Williams-Goss | Gonzaga | WCC | 6-3 | Jr. | G |
