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Vol. 43, No. 1 • November 2005 • .pdf version
• Tony Barnhart: Power of USBWA apparent
• Joe Mitch: Celebrating our 50th anniversary
• Andy Katz: Schools should know how to reach us
• Tom Shatel: A shorter USBWA meeting?
• Mike Waters: The press row seating problem
• Ted Gangi: Don't lose your mind over memory
• No. 1 Duke puts pair on 'Oscar' Watch List

No. 1 Duke puts pair on player-of-year list

J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams of the Duke Blue Devils, the USBWA's preseason No. 1 team, highlight the organization's preseason player-of-the-year candidates. The No. 2-ranked Texas Longhorns also placed a pair of players on the list – P.J. Tucker and Brad Buckman.

Others named to the list included: Dee Brown, Illinois; Keydren Clark, Saint Peter's; JamesOn Curry, Oklahoma State; Paul Davis, Michigan State; Jared Dudley, Boston College; Nick Fazekas, Nevada; Nate Funk, Creighton; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech; Adam Morrison, Gonzaga; and Kevin Pittsnogle, West Virginia.

The USBWA pre-season poll is as follows: 1. Duke (27-6); 2. Texas (20-11); 3. Oklahoma (25-8); 4. Kentucky (28-6); 5. Michigan State (26-7); 6. Connecticut (23-8); 7. Boston College (25-5); 8. Villanova (24-8); 9. Gonzaga (26-5); 10. Louisville (33-5); 11. Arizona (30-7); 12. West Virginia (24-11); 13. Stanford (18-13); 14. Wake Forest (27-6); 15. Northern Iowa (21-11); 16. Illinois (37-2); 17. George Washington (22-8); 18. North Carolina State (21-14); 19. Oklahoma State (26-7); 20. UCLA (18-11); 21. Memphis (22-16); 22. Syracuse (27-7); 23. Ohio State (20-12); 24. Washington (29-6); 25. Kansas (23-7).
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