Jahlil Okafor, Willie Cauley-Stein Headline Wooden Award Midseason Top 25

The Wooden Award, given annually to the most outstanding college basketball player, has unveiled the midseason Top 25 list. To no one's surprise, the list is comprised of names like Duke superstar freshman Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky big man Willie Cauley-Stein.   

ESPN.com released the official list of 25 players, which can still have players added to it before the final group comes out on March 7, which has nine seniors, eight juniors, three sophomores and five freshman. 

Player	School	Year
Justin Anderson	Virginia	Junior
Ron Baker	Wichita State	Junior (Redshirt)
Ryan Boatright	Connecticut	Senior
Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky	Junior
Yogi Ferrell	Indiana	Junior
Jerian Grant	Notre Dame	Senior
Montrezl Harrell	Louisville	Junior
D'Angelo Harrison	St. John's	Senior
Tyler Haws	BYU	Senior
Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	Junior
Stanley Johnson	Arizona	Freshman
Tyus Jones	Duke	Freshman
Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	Senior
Jordan Mickey	LSU	Sophomore
Georges Niang	Iowa State	Junior
Jahlil Okafor	Duke	Freshman
Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga	Senior
Bobby Portis	Arkansas	Sophomore
Chasson Randle	Stanford	Senior
Terry Rozier	Louisville	Sophomore
D'Angelo Russell	Ohio State	Freshman
Juwan Staten	West Virginia	Senior
Melo Trimble	Maryland	Freshman
Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	Junior
Delon Wright	Utah	Senior

It's also not a surprise to see that Duke and Kentucky are the most represented teams on the list. The Blue Devils, despite two recent losses, look like one of the best groups Mike Krzyzewski has had in years. The Wildcats are loaded every year and could become the first team since Indiana in 1975-76 to go undefeated. 

There's also a tremendous amount of future NBA talent on this list. Okafor could be the No. 1 pick if he comes out after this season, Arizona's Stanley Johnson is a rising star with his size and ability to shoot from distance. 

ESPN's Jay Bilas had rave reviews for Okafor when going over tape of the star freshman earlier this season:

It's an impressive collection of talent with less than two months left to impress the voting body to determine who college basketball's best player really is.