Reigning winner Zach Edey, the dominant 7-foot-4 Purdue star, headlined the men's Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list announced Tuesday night.
The award is given annually to the best college basketball player in the country.
Edey was the runaway Wooden Award winner on the men's side last season and entered this season as the heavy favorite to become the first repeat winner since Virginia's Ralph Sampson won the 1982 and 1983 awards. He's only cemented his status as the frontrunner since the season began, leading the No. 2-ranked Boilermakers by averaging 23.