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Indiana, Kansas teammates top Oscar Robertson award watch list

COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- Two Indiana players and two Kansas players headline the watch list for the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Award, to be presented April 15 in Oklahoma City

From Staff Reports | Modified: January 31, 2013 at 3:17 pm | Published: January 31, 2013 Comment on this article

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F Mason Plumlee, Duke (6-10, 235, Sr., Warsaw, Ind.)

G Russ Smith, Louisville (6-0, 165, Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)

F Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State (6-7, 215, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.)

C Jeff Withey, Kansas (7-0, 235, Sr., San Diego, Calif.)

F Cody Zeller, Indiana (7-0, 240, So., Washington, Ind.)

Finalists will be announced in mid-March by the United States Basketball Writers Association. The entire USBWA membership will vote for the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

Tickets and sponsorship information for the Devon Energy College Basketball Awards are available at the Tisdale Award website, access-sports.net, or by contacting Scott Hill (405-749-1515, scott.hill@access-sports.net). The April 15 banquet will also honor Michigan State coach Tom Izzo as the recipient of the Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award.

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