College basketball's Player of the Year candidates
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With conference play is in full swing, teams are posturing for conference supremacy and building their NCAA Tournament resumes. Players also are chasing down individual honors, and none is bigger than a Player of the Year Award. Upperclassmen have dominated tCollege basketball's Player of the Year candidates
With conference play is in full swing, teams are posturing for conference supremacy and building their NCAA Tournament resumes. Players also are chasing down individual honors, and none is bigger than a Player of the Year Award. Upperclassmen have dominated the awards over the last five seasons, but this season we could have the first freshman since Anthony Davis in 2012 to win the Wooden, Naismith or Associated Press National Player of the Year Awards. (Kevin Durant joins Davis as the only other freshman to do so.) While the freshmen in Durham dominated the early-season chatter, conference play quickly can change the tide. A freshman could very well win it, though that player may not wear «Duke» across his chest. Having said that, here are 12 players who have the best chance to become a national Player of the Year. RJ Barrett, Duke Zion Williamson gets much of the publicity, but Barrett leads Duke — and is among the nation's best — in scoring. He's averaging nearly 24 points while grabbing more than six re Read more