Gonzaga’s graduate forward Graham Ike (16.8 points on 52.2 shooting from the field, team-leading 8.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game) was listed on the Top 25 Wooden Award Midseason Watch List. Completely well-deserved, but his partner in crime in the frontcourt wasn’t.
Redshirt junior forward Braden Huff leads the Zags in scoring at 18.1 points per game on a 66.2 field goal percentage, which ranks the tenth-highest in the country. As for Ike, he has put together nine double-doubles so far in 2025-26. That is tied for the fifth-most in the nation.
Here are the other 24 names listed instead of Huff across college basketball for the honor:
Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr.
Arizona’s Jaden Bradley
Louisville’s Mikel Brown Jr.
Kansas State’s PJ Haggerty
Indiana’s Tucker DeVries
Houston’s Kingston Flemings
Houston’s Emanuel Sharp
Iowa State’s Josh Jefferson
Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn
Michigan’s Yaxel Landeborg
Kansas’ Darryn Peterson
Alabama’s Labaron Philon Jr.
Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton
North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson
Players not selected for the list, like Huff, remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award late-season list and the National Ballot. The National Ballot will feature the 15 top players in the country.
The winner and All-Americans will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 10, 2026. Gonzaga has never had a player given the award.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho
