The Big 12 placed a conference leading five players on the Wendy’s late season Top 20 list for the Wooden Award. The players are Devonte’ Graham (Kansas), Trae Young (Oklahoma), Mohamed Bamba (Texas), Keenan Evans (Texas Tech), and Jevon Carter (West Virginia).
The national ballot for the award will consist of 15 top players and will be announced in early March. Voting will begin at the end of the season and voters will take into account the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Voters for the award consists of 1,000 members of the national college basketball media.