Broome, Flagg feature on Wooden Award top-25

Wed Jan 08 07:40:00 UTC 2025: ## Auburn’s Broome and Duke’s Flagg Lead Wooden Award Midseason Top 25

**[City, State] –** Auburn’s Johni Broome and Duke’s Cooper Flagg headline the Wooden Award midseason top 25, released Tuesday. Broome, averaging 18.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game, has led Auburn to a dominant 13-1 start. Flagg, a projected top NBA draft pick in 2025, joins Broome as an early favorite for the prestigious award.

The list also features several other standout players, including Marquette’s Kam Jones, Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson, and transfers Chaz Lanier (Tennessee) and PJ Haggerty (Memphis). Several impressive freshmen, including Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen, also made the cut.

Notable omissions from the midseason list include Javon Small (West Virginia), Danny Wolf (Michigan), and RJ Luis Jr. (St. John’s), all of whom have had strong seasons for their respective teams. However, the midseason list is not definitive, as players not included still have a chance to make the final ballot, as evidenced by Victor Oladipo’s rise to a second-place finish in 2013 despite not being on the midseason list. The race for the Wooden Award remains wide open.