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Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason Watch List unveiled
Fifteen players from the Power Five basketball conferences are represented on the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s Midseason Watch List for the Wayman Tisdale Award. The mid-January reveal is a whittling from the preseason list, which began with 25 players. An especially strong class led to a competitive mid-January voting intake from the 11-person USBWA board.
Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch Midseason List unveiled
We are more than halfway through what’s growing into an outstanding 2025-26 season. With a bevy of bona fide Final Four contenders and no shortage of standout studs in every class, college basketball has been gifted with an especially strong crop of nominees for All-America honors and the biggest individual award of them all: the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
BYU's Dybantsa, Hofstra's Davis are Oscar Robertson Trophy Players of the Month
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association is proud and excited to unveil a new monthly feature for the 2025-26 season. At the beginning of each month the association will be awarding two Oscar Robertson Player of the Month honors. One will go to a player at a high-major program, the other at a mid-major school. This will continue to spotlight big-time performers and add a little more attention and recognition beyond our five-man Player of the Week spotlights.
Duke's Boozer, Kent State's Gillespie are Oscar Robertson Trophy Players of the Month
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association is proud and excited to unveil a new monthly feature for the 2025-26 season. At the beginning of each month the association will be awarding two Oscar Robertson Player of the Month honors. One will go to a player at a high-major program, the other at a mid-major school. This will continue to spotlight big-time performers and add a little more attention and recognition beyond our five-man Player of the Week spotlights.
President's Letter: Welcome to the 2025-26 college basketball season
President's Letter: Are you feeling what I’m feeling? Every October-into-November, that certain sensation of anticipation settles in that I can hardly bear. It’s a tingle of anxiousness and eagerness. It’s been so long since San Antonio. But the season has finally arrived once more, and with it, four of the best words are again our reality: college basketball is back.