
College Basketball: Can You Name the 10 Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalists?
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced their finalists for the 2011 Oscar Robertson Trophy today.
The Robertson Trophy will be presented to the association's national player of the year on Friday, April 1 at the USBWA's annual awards breakfast at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston in conjunction with the NCAA Men's Final Four.
Before you look at the rest of this article, see how many of the 10 you can name. If you want to, post your score in the comments space.
In alphabetical order, here are the 2010-11 Oscar Robertson Trophy finalists...
Jimmer Fredette: BYU Cougars
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Fredette is the nation's leading scorer, averaging 27.3 points per game.
In the Cougars 80-67 victory over San Diego State this past Saturday, Fredette set the school career record for made three-point field goals (266).
The 6'2", 195-pound senior guard is leading the current No. 3 BYU Cougars to a record of 27-2, 13-1 in the Mountain West.
Jordan Hamilton: Texas Longhorns
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Jordan Hamilton has been the difference-maker on this year's Longhorn team (No. 8, 24-5, 12-2 in the Big 12).
This 6'7", 220-pound super sophomore guard/forward has stepped up his game in every major statistical category.
Hamilton leads Texas in both scoring (18.8 PPG) and rebounding (7.5 RPG).
JaJuan Johnson: Purdue Boilermakers
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JaJuan Johnson has really turned it on in his senior season.
He leads Purdue (No. 6, 24-5, 13-3 in the Big Ten) in scoring (20.4 PPG) and rebounding (8.1 RPG).
He is the No. 2 scorer in the Big Ten.
The 6'10", 221-pound forward/center has scored in double-figures every game, and has already put up nine double-doubles this season.
Terrence Jones: Kentucky Wildcats
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Terrence Jones is one of the two best freshmen in the country.
The 6'8", 244-pound forward is averaging 17.3 PPG and 9.1 RPG.
He leads both Kentucky (No. 23, 20-8, 8-6 SEC) and the conference in rebounding.
Jones is also blocking two shots per game.
Marcus Morris: Kansas Jayhawks
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As much as is made of Kansas' Morris twins, Marcus is making just a little bigger impact on the Big 12 and 2010-11 college basketball.
The 6'9", 235-pound junior forward is leading Kansas (No. 2, 27-2, 12-2 Big 12) in scoring (17.3 PPG) and is second (to Markieff) in rebounding (6.9 RPG).
Morris is currently No.1 in the Big 12 in shooting (60.7 percent from the field).
Kyle Singler: Duke Blue Devils
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Kyle Singler is the No. 2 scorer (17.4 PPG) and rebounder (6.5 APG) on the defending champion Duke Blue Devils.
With two regular season games left, the 6'8", 230-pound senior forward has scored 2,271 points, which puts him as No. 5 on the Duke all-time scorers behind J.J. Redick, Johnny Dawkins, Christian Laettner and Mike Gminski...pretty good company, huh?
He also has 951 career rebounds, which puts him as the No. 9 career rebounder.
Nolan Smith: Duke Blue Devils
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Nolan Smith went into his senior season prepared to play the shooting guard. When his Blue Devil backcourt mate, Kyrie Irving went down to injury, Smith moved over to run the point for Duke (No. 4, 26-3, 12-2 in ACC).
Smith leads the ACC in scoring (21.3 PPG) and is second in the conference in assists (5.2 APG).
He has scored 20 points or more 18 times this season, with high games against UNC (34), UAB (33) and St. John's (32).
Jared Sullinger: Ohio State Buckeyes
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Jared Sullinger is one of the top inside players in the country.
The 6'9", 280-pound freshman forward leads the No. 1 Buckeyes in scoring (17.4 PPG) and rebounding (9.8 RPG).
Sullinger has put-up 13 double-doubles, with a high-scoring game against IUPUI (40 points) and a high-rebound game against South Carolina (19 boards).
Kemba Walker: Connecticut Huskies
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Kemba Walker continues to be one of the best scorers in the country, averaging 22.8 PPG.
With two games left, Walker has scored 638 points this season. The Huskies have not had a 600-point scorer since Ben Gordon (735) and Emeka Okafor (635) did it in 2003-04.
The 6'1", 172-pound junior guard is also averaging 5.3 RPG and 4.5 APG.
Derrick Williams: Arizona Wildcats
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Derrick Williams has gone through most of the season as the national leader in points per shot (2.03), free throws attempted (274) and free throws made (167).
Williams leads No. 18 Arizona (23-6, 12-4 Pac-10) averaging 19.1 PPG and 8.1 RPG.
The 6'8", 241-pound sophomore forward has put up nine double-doubles this season.

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