20 Finalists named for Wooden Award

The John R. Wooden Award committee announced final list of 20 candidates for the 2001-2002 Wooden Award Player of the Year and All-American Team. Players who do not make the midseason list of 30 players are Hollis Price of Oklahoma, Kirk Hinrich from Kansas, Luke Walton of Arizona, Brandin Knight from Pittsburgh and Erwin Dudley of Alabama.

The ten player Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2002. The Wooden Award winner will be selected on Sunday April 7, 2002 as the nation's "Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of the Year." Here are the 20 players on the final list and their current statistics.

PLAYER	SCHOOL	PPG	RPG	APG
Erwin Dudley	Alabama	15.7	8.8	1.2
Jason Gardner	Arizona	20.6	3.1	4.7
Luke Walton	Arizona	15.1	7.4	6.4
Caron Butler	Connecticut	19.6	7.4	2.7
Steve Logan	Cincinnati	22.6	3.1	5.3
Mike Dunleavy	Duke	17.7	7.3	2.2
Jason Williams	Duke	21.9	3.7	5.3
Udonis Haslem	Florida	15.9	8.4	1.6
Dan Dickau	Gonzaga	20.6	3.1	4.8
Frank Williams	Illinois	16.1	4.7	3.9
Jared Jeffries	Indiana	15.4	7.7	2.1
Drew Gooden	Kansas	20.6	11.1	1.8
Kirk Hinrich	Kansas	15.7	4.8	5.4
Tayshaun Prince	Kentucky	17.0	6.4	1.6
Lonny Baxter	Maryland	15.4	8.4	0.8
Juan Dixon	Maryland	19.5	4.8	2.8
Hollis Price	Oklahoma	16.6	3.0	2.7
Brandin Knight	Pittsburgh	15.6	5.0	6.9
Casey Jacobsen	Stanford	22.2	4.3	3.6
David West	Xavier	18.6	10.0	1.6