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James Bouknight’s case for National Player of the Year

We’ve arrived at the midpoint of the college basketball season… well for some teams it’s the midpoint, for others it’s the quarter-point and for some, well, they’ve played only three games — we’re looking at you DePaul! Regardless, we knew this college basketball season was going to be a rollercoaster, and now is as good a time as any to sit back and analyze how the top players in the country have played so far.

For UConn, this means seeing how their golden child — James Bouknight — has stacked up against other elite college players. At the beginning of the season, “Bouk” was added to the Wooden Award watch list, an honor bestowed upon the top players in college basketball.