Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight are among five finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Award.

The award will be presented to the National Freshman of the Year, as selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

The other three candidates are Jared Sullinger (Ohio State), Tristan Thompson (Texas) and Perry Jones III (Baylor).

The USBWA has chosen a national freshman of the year since the 1988-89 season, although this is the first year the award has been named after Wayman Tisdale. Past winners include:

1989 – Chris Jackson, LSU

1990 – Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech

1991 – Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest

1992 – Chris Webber, Michigan

1993 – Jason Kidd, California

1994 – Joe Smith, Maryland

1995 – None selected

1996 – None selected

1997 – None selected

1998 – Larry Hughes, Saint Louis

1999 – Quentin Richardson, DePaul

2000 – Jason Gardner, Arizona

2001 – Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall

2002 – T.J. Ford, Texas

2003 – Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse

2004 – Luol Deng, Duke

2005 – Marvin Williams, North Carolina

2006 – Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina

2007 – Kevin Durant, Texas

2008 – Michael Beasley, Kansas State

2009 – Tyreke Evans, Memphis

2010 – John Wall, Kentucky