Butler Among Wooden Award Candidates for 2006-07 – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 25, 2006
John R. Wooden Award Release
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jamar Butler, a junior point guard for the Ohio State men’s basketball team, is among the Top 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, the national selection committee for the honor announced Wednesday.
Butler was a third team All-Big Ten selection and an All-Big Tournament honoree as a sophomore last season. He has been pegged by both Lindy’s and the Sporting News as a 2006-07 preseason first team All-Big Ten selection.
Butler scored more than 300 points (314) and was credited with 100+ rebounds (101) and assists (144) a year ago. He is the first Buckeye since Brent Darby in 2002-03 to break 100 in those three categories in the same season. Darby scored 586 points, handed out 141 assists and grabbed 124 rebounds as a senior. Butler’s assist total as a sophomore is the most since Scoonie Penn dished out 154 in 1998-99.
Butler is one of 10 Buckeyes to hand out 140 or more assists in a season since 1974. He is just the second sophomore at Ohio State to record 140 or more assists in a season since assist records were first kept (1974). As a sophomore, he finished second among Big Ten guards with a +2.53 assist-to-turnover ratio, was fifth in 3-point field goal shooting percentage (.414), sixth in assists (4.65 apg.) and seventh in foul shooting pct. (.804).
Wooden Award Preseason
All-American Team – Top 50 Candidates
(Based on a preseason poll. Players listed alphabetically.)
| Aaron Afflalo | 6’5? | Jr. | G | UCLA |
| De’Angelo Alexander | 6’6? | Sr. | G | Charlotte |
| Morris Almond | 6’6? | Sr. | G | Rice |
| Corey Brewer | 6’9? | Jr. | F | Florida |
| Jon Brockman | 6’7? | So. | F | Washington |
| Jamar Butler | 6’2? | Jr. | G | Ohio State |
| Coleman Collins | 6’9? | Sr. | F | Virginia Tech |
| JamesOn Curry | 6’3? | Jr. | G | Oklahoma State |
| Jermareo Davidson | 6’10” | Sr. | F | Alabama |
| Glen Davis* | 6’9? | Jr. | F | LSU |
| Jared Dudley | 6’7? | Sr. | F | Boston College |
| Nick Fazekas | 6’11” | Sr. | F | Nevada |
| Aaron Gray | 7’0? | Sr. | C | Pittsburgh |
| Jeff Green | 6’9? | Jr. | F | Georgetown |
| Caleb Green | 6’8? | Sr. | F | Oral Roberts |
| Malik Hairston | 6’6? | Jr. | G | Oregon |
| Adam Haluska | 6’5? | Sr. | G | Iowa |
| Lamont Hamilton | 6’10” | Jr. | F | St. John’s |
| Tyler Hansbrough | 6’9? | So. | F | North Carolina |
| Brandon Heath | 6’4? | Sr. | G | San Diego State |
| Roy Hibbert | 7’2? | Jr. | C | Georgetown |
| Al Horford | 6’10” | Jr. | F/C | Florida |
| Jarrius Jackson | 6’2? | Sr. | G | Texas Tech |
| Dominic James | 5’11” | So. | G | Marquette |
| Joseph Jones | 6’9? | Jr. | F/C | Texas A&M |
| Acie Law | 6’3? | Sr. | G | Texas A&M |
| Courtney Lee | 6’5? | Jr. | G/F | Western Kentucky |
| Chris Lofton | 6’2? | Jr. | G | Tennessee |
| Luc Richard Mbah a Monute | 6’7? | So. | F | UCLA |
| Josh McRoberts | 6’10” | So. | F | Duke |
| Sammy Mejia | 6’6? | Sr. | G | DePaul |
| Joakim Noah | 6’11” | Jr. | F/C | Florida |
| David Padgett | 6’11” | Jr. | F/C | Louisville |
| Brian Randle | 6’8? | Jr. | F | Illinois |
| Richard Roby | 6’6? | Jr. | G | Colorado |
| Brandon Rush | 6’6? | So. | G | Kansas |
| Blake Schilb | 6’7? | Sr. | G | Loyola (Chicago) |
| Mustafa Shakur | 6’3? | Sr. | G | Arizona |
| Sean Singletary | 6’0? | Jr. | G | Virginia |
| Jason Smith | 7’0? | Jr. | F | Colorado State |
| Ronald Steele | 6’3? | Jr. | G | Alabama |
| Loren Stokes | 6’3? | Sr. | G | Hofstra |
| Rodney Stuckey | 6’5? | So. | G | Eastern Washington |
| Kammron Taylor | 6’2? | Sr. | G | Wisconsin |
| Reyshawn Terry | 6’8? | Sr. | F | North Carolina |
| Al Thornton | 6’8? | Sr. | F | Florida State |
| Alando Tucker | 6’6? | Sr. | F | Wisconsin |
| Ayinde Ubaka | 6’4? | Sr. | G | California |
| Marcus Williams | 6’7? | So. | F | Arizona |
| Julian Wright | 6’8? | So. | F | Kansas |
* Indicates player was a 2005-2006 John R. Wooden Award All-American.
