Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina Each Place Two on Wooden Award Late-Season Top 20

Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina each placed two players on the Wooden Award Late-Season Top 20 list.

Kentucky freshman De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk both made the list, as did Kansas freshman Josh Jackson and senior Frank Mason, as well as North Carolina’s Joel Berry and Justin Jackson.

Mason on Wednesday was also given the best odds by Bovada to win the AP National Player of the Year Award.

Washington’s Markelle Fultz, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball, Villanova’s Josh Hart, Gonzaga’s Nigel Williams-Goss and Central Michigan’s Marcus Keene are among the other finalists.

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— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) February 9, 2017

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