Arizona guard Caleb Love, left, drives into Duke center Kyle Filipowski, second from left, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Both were named to the Wooden Award ballot. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Arizona guard Caleb Love was one of 15 players named Saturday to the ballot for the Wooden Award, one of the major college basketball player of the year honors.

The Wooden Award will narrow down to a 10-player all-American team and a winner next month. Purdue's Zach Edey won the award last season and is a frontrunner to win it this season.

Love's former teammate at North Carolina, RJ Davis, was also named to the Wooden ballot, and the two are also among the five finalists for the Naismith's Jerry West Award for the nation's top college shooting guard.

Other players named to the Wooden ballot include: Auburn's Johni Broome, Kansas' Hunter Dickinson, Duke's Kyle Filipowski, Dayton's DaRon Holmes II, Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, Marquette's Tyler Kolek, San Diego State's Jaedon LeDee, Kansas's Kevin McCullar Jr., UConn's Tristen Newton, Kentucky's Antonio Reeves, Alabama's Mark Sears and Houston's Jamal Shead.


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