Calathes named to Wooden top-30 watch list
February 6th, 2009 ║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink
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Florida guard Nick Calathes is now in an elite group of P.T.Pers (sorry, couldn't resist) vying for the John R. Wooden Award given to the national player of the year. This is a top-30 list .With the season the Greek Chocolate is having, he belongs on a top-15 list.
How's this for a nightly stat line — 18.1 points, 6.4 assists, 5.3 rebounds, 1.9 steals per game. He does everything but sell popcorn in the O'Connell Center. You won't find many NCAA players with that sort of versatile resume. Calathes in the nation's No. 9 assist guy, and he's on pace to become Florida's fastest 1,000-point scorer (currently at 969 points) in nearly 25 years.
This list will be narrowed to 20 in March. Here's the top 30.
A.J. Abrams 5-11 G Sr. Texas
Jeff Adrien 6-7 F Sr. Connecticut
DeJuan Blair 6-7 F So. Pittsburgh
Jon Brockman 6-7 F Sr. Washington
Sherron Collins 5-11 G Jr. Kansas
Darren Collison 6-0 G Sr. UCLA
Stephen Curry 6-3 G Jr. Davidson
Jonny Flynn 6-0 G So. Syracuse
Taj Gibson 6-9 F Jr. USC
Blake Griffin 6-10 F So. Oklahoma
Tyler Hansbrough 6-9 F Sr. North Carolina
Luke Harangody 6-8 F Jr. Notre Dame
James Harden 6-4 G So. Arizona State
Manny Harris 6-5 G So. Michigan
Gerald Henderson 6-4 G/F Jr. Duke
Jordan Hill 6-10 F Jr. Arizona
Matt Howard 6-7 F So. Butler
Ty Lawson 5-11 G Jr. North Carolina
Kalin Lucas 6-0 F So. Michigan State
Wesley Matthews 6-5 G Sr. Marquette
Jerel McNeal 6-3 G Sr. Marquette
Jodie Meeks 6-4 G Jr. Kentucky
Greg Monroe 6-11 C Fr. Georgetown
Kyle Singler 6-8 F So. Duke
Tyler Smith 6-7 F Jr. Tennessee
Jeff Teague 6-2 G So. Wake Forest
Hasheem Thabeet 7-3 C Jr. Connecticut
Terrence Williams 6-6 F Sr. Louisville
Sam Young 6-6 F Jr. Pittsburgh
