Pitt is in the midst of a rough patch that has seen the team drop three straight games, but the Panthers have benefited from the dominant play of sophomore star Justin Champagnie through the good times and the bad. And now, it appears he is under consideration for the greatest honor that can be bestowed upon a college basketball player, as he was placed on the Wooden Award watch list on Monday.
More specifically, Champagnie made the late-season top 20 for the honor, and he is joined on the list by former Pitt point guard Marcus Carr, who is now with Minnesota, as well as former Pitt recruiting targets Kofi Cockburn, who is now a center at Illinois, and Hunter Dickinson, who is now a center at Michigan.