Wooden Award Top 30 List

The Wooden Award Committee announced its Top 30 Midseason Candidates for the 2007-2008 award recently. I am a voter for the award and will be turning in my ballot next week for the Top 10. This year's Player of the Year choice figures to be between Michael Beasley and Tyler Hansbrough. The following is a look at the Top 30. The nine players listed in bold did not make my Top 30

Player	Cl.	Ht.	Pos.	Team
D.J. Augustin	So.	6-0	G	Texas
Michael Beasley	Fr.	6-10	F	Kansas State
Jon Brockman	Jr.	6-7	F	Washington
Chase Budinger	So.	6-7	F	Arizona
Mario Chalmers	Jr.	6-1	G	Kansas
Stephen Curry	So.	6-1	G	Davidson
Chris Douglas-Roberts	Jr.	6-7	G	Memphis
Wayne Ellington	So.	6-4	G	North Carolina
Shan Foster	Sr.	6-6	G	Vanderbilt
Eric Gordon	Fr.	6-4	G	Indiana
Jamont Gordon	Jr.	6-4	G/F	Mississippi State
Malik Hairston	Sr.	6-6	G	Oregon
Tyler Hansbrough	Jr.	6-9	F	North Carolina
Luke Harangody	So.	6-8	F	Notre Dame
James Harden	Fr.	6-5	G	Arizona State
Roy Hibbert	Sr.	7-2	C	Georgetown
Chris Lofton	Sr.	6-2	G	Tennessee
Kevin Love	Fr.	6-10	C	UCLA
Derrick Low	Sr.	6-2	G	Washington State
O.J. Mayo	Fr.	6-5	G	USC
Raymar Morgan	So.	6-7	F	Michigan State
Demarcus Nelson	Sr.	6-4	G	Duke
Tyrese Rice	Jr.	6-1	G	Boston College
Brian Roberts	Sr.	6-2	G	Dayton
Derrick Rose	Fr.	6-3	G	Memphis
Brandon Rush	Jr.	6-6	F	Kansas
Sean Singletary	Sr.	6-0	G	Virginia
Jason Thompson	Sr.	6-11	F	Rider
D.J. White	Sr.	6-9	F	Indiana
Sam Young	Jr.	6-6	F	Pittsburgh