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tommy
03-09-2013, 12:31 PM
The 15 finalists for perhaps the most prestigious individual award in college basketball (along with the Naismith) were announced this morning. Mason Plumlee, not surprisingly, is on the list. Eligibility for this award used to be restricted to graduating seniors. In a sign of the times, only four seniors made the final 15 -- Mason, Erick Green, Jeff Withey, and Nate Wolters. The remaining finalists are:

Anthony Bennett
Trey Burke
Shane Larkin
Doug McDermott
Ben McLemore
Victor Oladipo
Kelly Olynyk
Otto Porter
Marcus Smart
Deshaun Thomas
Cody Zeller

Henderson
03-09-2013, 06:37 PM
It's a huge honor just to be a finalist. So my hat is off and low to the ground for Mason.

Not because it's right, but because it's reality, this will be decided by the performances going forward, not by season-long achievements. Mason needs to be a monster going forward to win this. Because if he isn't, one of the other 14 will be, and he will forever be a finalist. He could win this by dominating from here on out. If he doesn't, he won't. Though he'll always have the honor of having been a finalist. A tremendous honor and achievement in its own right.

I wasn't a Naismith finalist. Were you?

Les Grossman
03-09-2013, 10:57 PM
Sorry, but if Seth Curry can't even make the top 15, then this Award is is ridiculous.