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David Jones Named to Wood Award Late Season Top 20
Jan 30, 2024 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – David Jones has continued to establish himself as one of the best players in college basketball, which was endorsed Tuesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, as the senior forward was named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List.
The list, comprised of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor, was determined by a poll of national college basketball experts based on the performances during the 2023-24 season thus far. Jones is looking to become the first Tiger to ever win the Wooden Award.
Jones leads the Tigers (15-5) in scoring at 21.8 points per game, which is tops in the American Athletic Conference and fourth nationally.
Going along with his 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists, the Dominican Republic product is the only player in the country averaging at least 21.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
Jones is one of the best in the nation in total points scored (12th - 436), free throws made (25th – 108), free throw attempts (37th – 133) and total steals (51st - 40).
He leads the AAC with 12 games of 20-plus points and is a three-time weekly honor roll selection and one time player of the week.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2024 John R. Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year presented by Principal. Players not chosen to the late season list are still eligible for the Wooden Award™ National Ballot.
The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Nearly 1,000 voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games.
The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2024 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Principal following the NCAA Tournament in April.
WOODEN AWARD LATE SEASON TOP 20
Armando Bacot - North Carolina
Johni Broome - Auburn
L.J. Cryer - Houston
Johnell Davis - Florida Atlantic
RJ Davis - North Carolina
Hunter Dickinson# - Kansas
Zach Edey* - Purdue
Kyle Filipowski - Duke
PJ Hall - Clemson
DaRon Holmes II - Dayton
David Jones - Memphis
Dalton Knecht - Tennessee
Tyler Kolek - Marquette
Jaedon LeDee - San Diego State
Caleb Love - Arizona
Kevin McCullar Jr. - Kansas
Tristen Newton - UConn
Antonio Reeves - Kentucky
Baylor Scheierman - Creighton
KJ Simpson - Colorado
# indicates player selected as 2020-21 Wooden Award All-American
* indicates player selected as 2022-23 Wooden Award Winner
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tiger Men's Basketball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The list, comprised of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor, was determined by a poll of national college basketball experts based on the performances during the 2023-24 season thus far. Jones is looking to become the first Tiger to ever win the Wooden Award.
Jones leads the Tigers (15-5) in scoring at 21.8 points per game, which is tops in the American Athletic Conference and fourth nationally.
Going along with his 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists, the Dominican Republic product is the only player in the country averaging at least 21.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
Jones is one of the best in the nation in total points scored (12th - 436), free throws made (25th – 108), free throw attempts (37th – 133) and total steals (51st - 40).
He leads the AAC with 12 games of 20-plus points and is a three-time weekly honor roll selection and one time player of the week.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2024 John R. Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year presented by Principal. Players not chosen to the late season list are still eligible for the Wooden Award™ National Ballot.
The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Nearly 1,000 voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games.
The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2024 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Principal following the NCAA Tournament in April.
WOODEN AWARD LATE SEASON TOP 20
Armando Bacot - North Carolina
Johni Broome - Auburn
L.J. Cryer - Houston
Johnell Davis - Florida Atlantic
RJ Davis - North Carolina
Hunter Dickinson# - Kansas
Zach Edey* - Purdue
Kyle Filipowski - Duke
PJ Hall - Clemson
DaRon Holmes II - Dayton
David Jones - Memphis
Dalton Knecht - Tennessee
Tyler Kolek - Marquette
Jaedon LeDee - San Diego State
Caleb Love - Arizona
Kevin McCullar Jr. - Kansas
Tristen Newton - UConn
Antonio Reeves - Kentucky
Baylor Scheierman - Creighton
KJ Simpson - Colorado
# indicates player selected as 2020-21 Wooden Award All-American
* indicates player selected as 2022-23 Wooden Award Winner
HOW TO FOLLOW THE TIGERS
For complete information on Memphis Tiger Men's Basketball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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