Jones, Knight finalists for a Freshman of the Year award
February 25, 2011
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