Oklahoma's Trae Young (11) goes past Kansas' Devonte' Graham (4) during an NCAA basketball game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Kansas Jayhawks (KU) at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
The NCAA announced the four finalists Tuesday for the Naismith Award, given annually to college basketball's top player.
Oklahoma freshman Trae Young, who has grabbed a significant chunk of the spotlight this season, did not make the cut.
Making the list: Arizona's Deandre Ayton, Duke's Marvin Bagley III, Villanova's Jalen Brunson and Kansas' Devonte' Graham.
The winner will be announced on April 1.
Naismith Award FINALISTS!
Deandre Ayton Marvin Bagley III Jalen Brunson Devonte' Graham
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Jeff Patterson is the sports editor of The Oklahoman. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he allegedly once told his father on a childhood trip passing through Oklahoma that he would one day live there. He doesn't recall this, but he fulfilled that...
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