LOS ANGELES (*25*)— University of Texas graduate guard Marcus Carr has been named to the John R. Wooden Award offered by Wendy’s Midseason Top 25 Watch List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club introduced Wednesday night. Chosen by a ballot of nationwide faculty basketball specialists primarily based on their performances throughout the 2022-23 season to this point, the list contains of 25 student-athletes who’re front-runners for the game’s most prestigious honor.
The gamers on the list are thought of robust candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year offered by Wendy’s. Players not chosen to the preseason or midseason list are nonetheless eligible for the Wooden Award National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top gamers who’ve confirmed to their universities that they meet or exceed the {qualifications} of the Wooden Award.
A two-time Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Player of the Week choice this 12 months (Dec. 19 and Jan. 2), Carr leads the Longhorns in scoring (18.1 ppg), assists (59), steals (26) and minutes (30.4 mpg). He has posted a formidable 2.95 assist-to-turnover ratio (59-20) and has transformed 47.5-percent (85-179), together with a 44.8-percent (39-87) mark from three-point vary, and 80.4-percent (45-56) from the free throw line.
In Tuesday’s recreation towards Ok-State (Jan. 3), Carr topped the two,000-point mark in his collegiate profession as he now has posted 2,001 factors in 140 profession video games. In the house win towards Texas A&M-Commerce (Dec. 27), Carr registered 41 factors whereas hitting 13-of-19 area objectives, together with 10-of-15 threes, and 5-of-6 free throws. He tied the college file for many three-point area objectives made and tied the college file for many factors scored in a half with 33 within the first half. It marked the primary 40-point efficiency by a Texas participant since Reggie Freeman scored 43 in a house win towards Fresno State on Dec. 14, 1996.
No. 6/6 Texas (12-2, 1-1 Big 12) returns to motion when it travels to face Oklahoma State (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) on Saturday, Jan. 7. Tip is scheduled for 11 a.m. Central at Gallagher-Iba Arena, and the competition shall be televised nationally by ESPNU.
Midseason Top 25 Watch List for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award(*25*)
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Armando Bacot
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North Carolina
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Marcus Carr(*25*)
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Antoine Davis
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Detroit Mercy
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Kendric Davis
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Memphis
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Gradey Dick
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Kansas
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Hunter Dickinson
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Michigan
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Zach Edey
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Purdue
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Kyle Filipowski
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Duke
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Adam Flagler
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Baylor
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Keyonte George
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Baylor
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Trayce Jackson-Davis
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Indiana
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Jaime Jaquez Jr.
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UCLA
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Caleb Love
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North Carolina
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Mike Miles Jr.
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TCU
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Brandon Miller
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Alabama
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Kris Murray
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Iowa
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Adama Sanogo
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Connecticut
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Marcus Sasser
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Houston
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Terquavion Smith
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NC State
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Drew Timme
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Gonzaga
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Oscar Tshiebwe
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Kentucky
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Azuolas Tubelis
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Arizona
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Jordan Walker
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UAB
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Jalen Wilson
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Kansas
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Isaiah Wong
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Miami (Fla.)
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