The United States Basketball Writer’s Association of America has announced the midseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson award. The award will be presented to the National Player of the Year on April 15 in Oklahoma City, along with the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award and the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award:

Here are the dozen players on the list (in alphabetical order).

Anthony Bennett, F, Fr., UNLV

Trey Burke, PG, Fr., Michigan

Michael Carter-Williams, PG, Soph., Syracuse

Doug McDermott, F, Jr., Creighton

Ben McLemore, 6-5, SG, RS Fr., Kansas

Victor Oladipo, 6-5, SG, Jr., Indiana

Kelly Olynyk, 7-0, C, Jr., Gonzaga

Mason Plumlee, 6-10, C, Sr., Duke

Russ Smith, 6-0, G, Jr., Louisville

Deshaun Thomas, 6-7, F, Jr., Ohio State

Jeff Withey, 7-0, C, Sr., Kansas

Cody Zeller, 7-0, C, Soph., Indiana

Those involved in the call, according to USBWA president John Akers, were the following: Dana O’Neil (ESPN), Frank Burlison, Kirk Wessler (Peoria Journal-Star), Pat Forde (Yahoo) Matt Vautour (Daily Hampshire Gazette), Kevin Armstrong (New York Daily News), Steve Wiseman (Durham Herald-Sun), Mike Lopresti (USA Today), Tom Keegan (Lawrence Journal World), Wally Hall (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), Tom Kensler (Denver Post) and Chris Dortch (Blue Ribbon).

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