Friday, the star of the Wisconsin John Tonje made the mid-season team of the Naismith trophy.
The newly published list includes 30 stars from the 2024-20 university basketball season to date. It offers a pre -date for contenders to win the prestigious price at the end of the season.
Tonje has made the list with notable stars of all sport, including DukeCooper Flagg, MichiganDanny Wolf, Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn de Purdue, Alabama‘S Mark Sears, Ryan Nembhard de Gonzaga, Kam Jones de Marquette, Kasparas Jakucionis de l’Illinois, Hunter Dickinson, Kansas, AuburnJean Broome and, to note at the badgers fans, to the former Wisconsin and currently the playmaker of Louisville, Chucky Hepburn.
Tonje leads the Wisconsin badgers, classified n ° 16, with averages per match of 18.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists on 46.8% shooting, 40% out of three and 91.7% Compared to the free throw line. These figures are all career records for the sixth year senior and the old out -of -the -competition state of Colorado.
Hepburn, meanwhile, excelled in his first year in Louisville. The former Wisconsin star has an average of 15 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 2.3 interceptions per game on 43% career shooting on the ground, 34% out of three and 84.6% The free throw line. Hepburn is in the middle of a year of career, leading a team from Louisville who is in second place in ACC, just a match behind first place Duke.
Tonje and Hepburn are facing climbing battles to win the award. Flagg is currently the prohibitive favorite, with averages per game of 19.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and four assists, leading a Duke team which is currently at n ° 3 in the AP survey.
The last and the only recipient of the Wisconsin Basketball, and the only one, the prize was Frank Kaminsky in 2015.
Tonje can strengthen its chances of Naismith prices with a declaration of declaration in the Badgers match in Purdue on Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin enters the match as Tight. Its path to victory can rest squarely on the shoulders of its star wing.
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