NCAA Basketball: Top 5 Wooden Award candidates

Florida State v Duke
Marvin Bagley III
Evansville v Duke
Marvin Bagley III

4. Marvin Bagley III -- Duke Blue Devils, freshman forward

Marvin Bagley III reclassified to 2017 so that he could play for the Duke Blue Devils this season, and that was a move that has paid huge dividends for both he and Duke as the postseason gets underway.

Bagley is a surefire lottery pick in this year's NBA draft barring injury. His historically great season made him just the second player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to be named ACC Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year, a first team All-ACC selection, and an All-Freshman team selection.

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The other player to pull off this historic feat was Jahlil Okafor in the 2014-2015 season before Duke went on to win the national championship over the Wisconsin Badgers.

The 6'11", 234-pound forward is averaging 20.7 points per game, 11.2 rebounds per game, 1.6 assists per game, 1.0 block per game and 0.9 steals per game on a 60.4% shooting percentage, a 36.0% three-point field goal percentage, and an 62.1% free throw percentage as he leads the Blue Devils into the ACC tournament as the #2 seed.

Edited by Asher Fair
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