Canada’s Zach Edey named finalist in bid to win 2nd straight player of year award
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Canadian Zach Edey of Purdue is among the five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding men’s college basketball player of the season.
Joining him are Tristen Newton of UConn, RJ Davis of North Carolina, Dalton Knecht of Tennessee and Jamal Shead of Houston.
Edey, a Toronto native who won the award last year, and Newton, will lead their teams at this weekend’s Final Four in Arizona.
Hunter Dickinson of Kansas, Kyle Filipowski of Duke, Tyler Kolek of Marquette, Jaedon LeDee of San Diego State and Caleb Love of Arizona were also named Tuesday to the Wooden All American team.
On the women’s side, Aaliyah Edwards of Kingston, Ont., the UConn forward, was also named to the Wooden All American team.
Caitlin Clark of Iowa and Paige Bueckers of UConn were among the five finalists for the women’s Wooden Award. The others are Cameron Brink of Stanford and freshmen JuJu Watkins of Southern California and Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame.
Clark, who won last year, and Bueckers, who was the 2021 winner, are playing in the Final Four this weekend in Cleveland.
Joining Edwards and those five on the All American team are Georgia Amoore and Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech, Kamilla Cardoso of South Carolina and Angel Reese of LSU.
Voting took place from March 18-25.
Kentucky’s John Calipari will receive the Legends of Coaching award at the dinner.